901-03. #27 444 F 3d 1215, 1217-18 (10th Cir. 2006). #8 451 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 2006), cert. denied, 1278. Ct. 424 (2006). 429 See United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 222 (2004). 430 Vampire Nation, 451 F.3d at 196. 31 Td. at 197 n.4. 432 The Second, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits have ruled that Rule

lly meaningless unless a victim can provide a basis for recalculating the Guidelines or departing or varying from them. 74? 236 See United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005). 237 See, e.g., United States v. Wilson, 350 F. Supp. 2d 910, 912 (D. Utah 2005) (giving "heavy weight" to Guidelines recomme

a prosecutor 195 The Ashcroft Memo was issued before the Supreme Court decided United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), which struck down the provision of the federal sentencing statute that required federal district judges to impose a sentence

in the crowded field even though he had been viewed as a likely candidate for years. The Times's Jonathan Martin and Nick Corasaniti report: "Mr. Booker is more comfortable 'leading with love,' as he often says in speeches, and he warns against 'fighting fire with fire' when it comes to confronting