U.S. v. SURRATT

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ann Loraine Hester , Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Amy Elizabeth Ray , Office of The United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee. Erika L. Maley , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae. Steven Harris Goldblatt , Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., as Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel. ON BRIEF: Ross Hall Richardson , Executive Director, Joshua B. Carpenter , Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Inc., Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Anne M. Tompkins , United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee. Douglas A. Berman , Professor of Law, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Jeffrey T. Green , Kimberly A. Leaman , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae. Ruthanne M. Deutsch , Supervising Attorney, Utsav Gupta , Student Counsel, William Hornbeck , Student Counsel, Meredith Wood , Student Counsel, Appellate Litigation Program, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge Traxler joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a dissenting opinion.