One Writs of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Brief of Former United States District Court Judges Paul G. Cassell and Nancy Gertner as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petitioners. 

INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE1

Amici curiae are two former United States District

Court Judges who have sentenced defendants

under the mandatory-minimum provisions of the

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (“1986 Act”), Pub. L. No.

99-570, 100 Stat. 3207 (1986). Both have written

On Appeal from a Memorandum and Order of the United State District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Brief for Amici Curiae Legal Academics in Support of Petitioner/ Appellant and Reversal of the Decision Below. 

INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE1

Amici Curiae are legal academics, one of whom is a former federal

judge in the District of Massachusetts and two of whom are legal ethicists.