WHATS NEW!

• New Rates approved by appropriations bill (See memo - March 12, 2009)
• Articles and links updated (03/12/2009)
• The entire site updated & re-designed (03/09/2009)

Recent Articles:

• Supreme Court Orders Dismissal of Enemy Combatant Case (March 9, 2009 - www.Law.com)
• Supreme Court Vacates Fourth CircuitOpinion on Indefinite Detention (March 6, 2009 -www.NACDL.org)
• Supreme Court’s Per Curiam Opinions Reaffirm Post-Booker Limitations on Sentencing Guidelines; New Opinion and Cert Grants Address Auto Stops, Police Interrogations (January 27, 2009 - Federal Defenders Headlines)
  
• Closing Camp Injustice (January 14, 2009 - www.NACDL.org)
• Strategies to Get Less Time for the Reentry Client
  (by Shari Allison, RAWS, and Jim Langell, AFPD
  FPD, District of New Mexico - Oct 16-17,2008)

NEWS

The San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is presenting the annual State of the District Luncheon, featuring the Hon. Irma E. Gonzalez, Chief Judge, on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 12:00 noon.  The luncheon will take place at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego.  For more information, please visit our web site at www.casd.uscourts.gov.  A registration form can be found on our home page under the "What's New" section. (From the Southern District of California's website, March 12, 2009)

Other News Links:

• Findlaw's Crime News page
• Lexis/Nexis News
• Daily Appellate Report
• Ninth Circuit Daily Appellate Report Search
  

BLOGS

• Law of Criminal Defense Blog
• The Innocence Project Blog
• Sentencing Law and Policy Blog
• Second Circuit Sentencing Blog
• Ninth Circuit Blog
• Federal Crimes Blog
• Pushing Back (Drug policy Blog)
• Defensology Blog
• White Collar Crime Blog

• Post-conviction practice in the Ninth Circuit and the California state courts Blog

HELPFUL RESOURCES

• FOIA Request Information
• U.S. Attorney's Manual
• Forms for the Southern District of California
• Federal Defender Links Pages (comprehensive list)
• Federal Defender Training Materials/Publications