Raich v. Gonzales Hearing in Ninth Circuit - Mar 27th, Pasadena

Hello Everyone,

On January 13, 2006, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals set a hearing date
for Raich v. Gonzales for Monday, March 27, 2006, at 1:30 in hearing room
Three, at the Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeal building, 125 South
Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California.
http://angeljustice.org/downloads/RemandOrderOralArgumentScheduled011306.pdf

The justices are for some reason calling up this case very fast. They did
something they do not normal do, they set a hearing date before the briefing
was completed. We got notice from the court in January, and our briefs were
not completed until March 6, 2006. Most case they hear only get 10 to 20
minutes for each side. Our case gets 30 minutes for each side. We are the
only case being heard on March 27. So it appears the justice are really
wanting to hear this case in an emergency fashion. Hopefully, we will have
another good decision. If we were to take a guess on when the decision will
come out, I would guess around June or July 2006, remember this is only a
guess. I feel good about this phase of the case and we made good sound
arguments.

If you are in the Pasadena area and you want to attend the hearing I will
see you there. If you have any questions please send an e-mail to
angel [at] angeljustice.org.

All the briefs from Raich v. Gonzales on Remand from the US Supreme Court
are now available for you to read.
http://angeljustice.org/article.php?list=type&type=11 These briefs are fun
to read. In the governments supplemental brief you will find interesting,
they mischaracterize, wrongly state and demand the gravity of the facts in
this case and other cases they site trying to use against the Appellants, in
so many ways it is hard to know were to begin. They left the door open and
we step right through in our reply brief.

Compassion and Justice,
Angel Raich
angel [at] angeljustice.org

http://www.angeljustice.org

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