Court Opinion

ID: 9506119
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 20:44:56.695495+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:42.878089
License: Public Domain

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent.
I agree with the district court that there was no breach of the November 8, 2000 agreement. The government did nothing more than forward to the judge a letter specifically addressed to the judge that should have been sent to the judge directly but was sent to the U.S. Attorney’s Office instead. The government did not solicit the letter, argue that the letter was relevant, should be taken into account, or had any significance whatsoever. It simply acted as a conduit. Nothing in the agreement prohibited this, and government counsel can hardly be faulted for failing to hide from the judge a communiqué intended for her but misdirected to them.