United States v. Fell

Judge Hall is recused from consideration of the 1
petition for rehearing en banc.
06-2882-cr
United States v. Fell
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
3 United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of
4 New York, on the 17 day of June, two thousand nine.th
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8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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10 Appellee,
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14 DONALD FELL,
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16 Defendant-Appellant.
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20 FOR APPELLEE: WILLIAM B. DARROW, Assistant United
21 States Attorney, Burlington VT.
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23 FOR APPELLANT: JOHN BLUME, Cornell Law School
24 (Christopher Seeds, Sheri Lynn
25 Johnson, on the brief), Ithaca, NY;
26 Alexander Bunin, Federal Public
27 Defender, Albany, NY.
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30 ORDER
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32 Defendant-Appellant Donald Fell, having filed a
33 petition for panel rehearing or, in the alternative, for
34 rehearing en banc, and the panel that determined the appeal
35 having considered the request for panel rehearing, and the
36 active members of the Court having considered the request 1
37 for rehearing en banc, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the

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1 petition is DENIED. See Fed. R. App. P. 35(a).
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3 Pursuant to Second Circuit Local Rule 0.28(7)(d), an
4 automatic stay of execution of the sentence of death has
5 been in place as of the date of the filing of the notice of
6 appeal from the judgment of conviction, and remains in
7 effect (unless vacated or modified) until the expiration of
8 all proceedings available to the Defendant-Appellant
9 (including review by the United States Supreme Court) as
10 part of the direct review of the judgment of conviction.
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12 Accordingly, the issuance of the mandate is held until
13 the expiration of all proceedings available to the
14 Defendant-Appellant (including review by the United States
15 Supreme Court) as part of the direct review of the judgment
16 of conviction.
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18 With this Order, Judge Raggi is filing a concurring
19 opinion, in which Chief Judge Jacobs and Judges Cabranes,
20 B.D. Parker, Wesley, and Livingston join; Judge Calabresi is
21 filing a dissenting opinion; Judge Pooler is filing a
22 dissenting opinion; and Judge Sack is filing a dissenting
23 opinion.
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26 FOR THE COURT:
27 CATHERINE O’HAGAN WOLFE
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30 By:___________________________

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