United States Ninth Circuit

A sentence for violation of probation based upon drug-related offenses is vacated pursuant to a claim that the district court failed to explain the reasons for its departure from the recommended guidelines sentencing range with the required level of specificity.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/17/2005
• Decided 04/17/2006
• Published 04/17/2006

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge., Before STEPHEN REINHARDT and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and JANE A. RESTANI, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Quin Denvir, Federal Public Defender;  Timothy Zindel, Assistant Federal Public Defender (argued), Sacramento, CA, for the defendant-appellant., McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney;  Samantha S. Spangler, Assistant U.S. Attorney (argued), Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.