Court Opinion

ID: 2642024
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Date Created: 2013-11-14 01:01:35.750102+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 12-3936
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                              United States of America

                         lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

                                            v.

                               Ronnie Terrell Walters

                       lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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                      Appeal from United States District Court
                   for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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                           Submitted: November 5, 2013
                            Filed: November 13, 2013
                                   [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BYE, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Ronnie Terrell Walters appeals the district court’s1 order denying his motion
for attorney fees and costs, which he filed after criminal charges against him were

      1
        The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
dismissed without prejudice. Following careful review, this court concludes that the
district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Walters’s motion, given his failure
to offer any evidence that the government’s position in prosecuting him was
vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith. See United States v. Monson, 636 F.3d 436, 438-
39 (8th Cir. 2011) (standard of review; defendant’s burden of proof); United States
v. Porchay, 533 F.3d 704, 710 (8th Cir. 2008) (evidentiary hearing is not required
unless serious factual disputes surround application for attorney fees).

      The judgment of the district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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