United States v. Mark Phelps

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge, with whom Circuit Judges NORRIS, BRUNETTI, THOMPSON and O’SCANNLAIN concur,

dissenting from the order rejecting the suggestion for rehearing en banc.

By failing to take this case en banc, the court “lets stand an unfortunate and utterly needless hindrance to effective law enforcement.” United States v. Cunningham, 890 F.2d 199, 200 (9th Cir.1989) (O’Scannlain, J., dissenting from the order rejecting the suggestion for rehearing en banc). In reversing defendant’s conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), the panel’s opinion reads into the statute a scienter…