Court Opinion

ID: 9497643
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:56:40.560275+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:58:19.916582
License: Public Domain

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I agree entirely with my colleagues with respect to all substantive matters addressed in the opinion of the court. I also agree that the ultimate disposition of sentencing matters in this case must await the Supreme Court’s decisions in United States v. Booker, 375 F.3d 508 (7th Cir.2004), cert. granted, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 11, 159 L.Ed.2d 838 (U.S. Aug. 2, 2004) (No. 04-104) and United States v. Fanfan, 2004 WL 1723114 (D.Me. June 28, 2004), cert. granted, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 12, 159 L.Ed.2d 838 (U.S. Aug. 2, 2004) (No. 4-105). I would therefore hold our decision in this case until the Supreme Court decides those matters or, in the alternative, I would issue the opinion, but stay our mandate, until those cases are decided and we can give the district court a more definitive ruling on how it ought to proceed in a resentencing proceeding. I can see no judicial economy in placing this case back on the docket of a busy district court until we can say how that court ought to proceed. To this limited extent, I respectfully dissent from the otherwise thoughtful opinion of the court.