Defendants' brief in Ninth Circuit Booker en banc

As detailed here and here and here, the Ninth Circuit last month granted rehearing en banc in two cases addressing reasonableness review after Booker and oral argument is scheduled for the end of next week.  Supplemental briefs had to be submitted yesterday, and I will be posting those that come my way.  The first I received was a joint brief from the defendants, which can be downloaded below. 

Download cartyzavala_supp_brief_en_banc.pdf