--- title: "United States v. McDonald" citation: "944 F.3d 769 (8th Cir. 2019)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA8-MCDONALD-944-F3D-769" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_eighth_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca8" official_url: "https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/19/12/191221P.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA8-MCDONALD-944-F3D-769/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. McDonald ## Holdings used - Section 404 eligibility is reviewed de novo, the discretionary grant or denial for abuse of discretion, and the First Step Act does not require a hearing. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Eighth Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. Only the no-hearing and standards-of-review propositions are used; Concepcion controls any question involving intervening information. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 944 F.3d 769 (8th Cir. 2019), 944 F.3d 771–72: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR8-002` ## Used in - [Eighth Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/eighth-circuit.md)