USA V PLOUFFE

Filing 920060213

Opinion

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER RAY PLOUFFE, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 05-30045 D.C. No. CR-04-00013-3SEH District of Montana, Great Falls ORDER

Filed February 13, 2006 Before: Ronald M. Gould and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and William W Schwarzer,* District Judge.

ORDER The parties are directed to file supplemental letter briefs addressing whether the court has jurisdiction to review the reasonableness of Appellant's sentence, which is within the Guidelines range, in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005); our pre-Booker precedent such as United States v. Reed, 914 F.2d 1288 (9th Cir. 1990), and United States v. Pelayo-Bautista, 907 F.2d 99 (9th Cir. 1990); and the holding of Miller v. Gammie, 335 F.3d 889, 893, 900 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc). The parties are directed to file simultaneous letter briefs on or before fifteen (15) days from the filed date of this order. The briefs shall not exceed fifteen (15) pages (double-spaced)
*The Honorable William W Schwarzer, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.

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