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Tapia v. United States

562 U.S. 1132 Court SCOTUS Decision date 2011-01-10 Docket No. 10-5400 English

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No. 10-5400.
Tapia v. United States.

C. A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 1104,] Stephanos Bibas, Esq., of Philadelphia, Pa., is invited to brief and argue this case as amicus curiae in support of the position that 18 U. S. C. § 3582 (a) allows district courts to consider rehabilitative need in setting the length and term of imprisonment.

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