David Stras
United States
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
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David Ryan Stras is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2010 to 2018 and a law professor at the University of Minnesota Law School from 2004 to 2010.
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Sep 16, 2026
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Eighth Circuit judge who wrote the decision in Jensen v. Minn. Bd. of Med. Practice allowing a doctor and political candidate to sue over medical board investigations tied to his COVID public comments.
The ruling is a significant win for the right's argument that medical boards and licensing bodies punished dissenting COVID views, and it strengthens the case against institutional retaliation for speech.