Stringer - No Rehearing En Banc

With a few modifications to its opinion, the Ninth Circuit entered an order in United States v. Stringer denying the defendant's petition for rehearing and suggestion for rehearing en banc.

This means that the Ninth Circuit reversal of the district court dismissal of the indictments in the Stringer case remains the court's ruling. The district court had dismissed the indictments concluding "that the government had engaged in deceitful conduct, in violation of defendants' due process rights, by simultaneously pursuing civil and criminal investigations of defendants' alleged falsification of the financial records of their high-tech camera sales company." The lower court had also stated that "should there be a criminal trial, all evidence provided by the individual defendants in response to Securities and Exchange (SEC) subpoenas should be suppressed."  For discussion of the 9th circuit reversal of the district court opinion, see here.

(esp)(blogging from SEALS '08 in Palm Beach, Florida)