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419 F.3d 1035

Docket Nos. 99-10478, 01-10720.

United States v. King

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Aug. 16, 2005.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 2005-08-16

Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently September 2007

8 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“In light of “the profound interests in repose” attaching to the mandate of a court of appeals, however, the power can be exercised only in extraordinary circumstances. 16 C. Wright, A. Miller, & E. Cooper, Federal Practice and Procedure § 3938, p. 712 (2d ed.1996). The sparing use of the power demonstrates it is one of last resort, to be held in reserve against grave, unforeseen contingencies.”

quoted by 2 later decisions, including Carrington v. United States, Carrington v. United States

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553

Relies on United States v. Booker · Calderon v. Thompson · United States v. Ameline

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 2005-08-16

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¶1Nandor Vadas, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Francisco, CA, Amber S. Rosen, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Jose, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

¶2Roger W. Patton, Oakland, CA, Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Francisco, CA, Suzanne Adele Luban, Law Office of Suzanne Lu-ban, Oakland, CA, for DefendanU-Appel-lant.

¶3Before GRABER, FISHER and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

¶4ORDER

¶5In this case, we affirmed the judgment of conviction on December 23, 2002. The mandate issued on March 11, 2003. The Supreme Court denied certiorari on June 2, 2003. On August 9, 2004, defendant-appellant King filed a pro se motion “requesting amendment to [the] mandate and remand for resentencing” in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Booker, — U.S.-, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). We construe *1036this motion as a motion to recall the mandate, and deny it.

¶6We will recall a mandate only “in extraordinary circumstances.” Calderon v. Thompson, 523 U.S. 538, 550, 118 S.Ct. 1489, 140 L.Ed.2d 728 (1998) (power to recall mandate is “one of last resort, to be held in reserve against grave, unforeseen contingencies”). See also Nevius v. Sumner, 105 F.3d 453, 460-61 (9th Cir.1996). The circumstances here do not qualify as such. Although the Supreme Court has invalidated the mandatory Sentencing Guidelines under which King was sentenced, the remedy put in place allows sentencing judges to continue to apply the Guidelines, albeit under a new discretionary regime in which other factors are relevant. Booker, 125 S.Ct. at 764-68; 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). At best, defendant would be entitled to a limited remand at which his sentencing judge could determine whether or not to resentence. See United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073, 1084-85 (9th Cir.2005).

¶7We therefore conclude that the “extraordinary circumstances” necessary to justify recalling a mandate are not present here.

¶8The motion filed August 9, 2004, is denied.

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