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Better late than never?

Better late than never? A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today issued an order that states, in full:

The Government's unopposed motion to amend the opinion is GRANTED. The opinion published at 451 F.3d 578 (9th Cir. 2006) is amended to delete all mentions of the name "Keith Vercauteren." Accordingly, the phrase "In September 2003, Assistant United States Attorney Keith Vercauteren ("AUSA Vercauteren") . . . " shall be amended to read, "In September 2003, an Assistant United States Attorney ("the AUSA") . . . " All subsequent references to "AUSA Vercauteren" shall be amended to read, "the AUSA."

As that order reveals, the opinion being amended today issued in 2006 (June 26, 2006, to be precise), and therefore presumably thousands of bound versions of the Federal Reporter (Third Series) permanently contain (and will continue to contain, despite today's order) Keith Vercauteren's name. Until today, however, his name had not previously appeared here at "How Appealing."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).