Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the appellate chamber could require a shortened reply after finding the original reply excessively lengthy
Decisione estratta
The chamber was allowed to reject an excessively lengthy filing by analogy to the former procedural rule and to require a shortened version.
Motivazione estratta
There was a genuine procedural gap in the pre-2007 federal criminal procedure; the chamber could fill it analogously, and such control of abusive or overly verbose submissions was necessary to safeguard the administration of justice.