033379P.pdf   07/27/2005  USA  v.  Melroy Johnson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-3379
   Northern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Hamilton and Bye, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. Applying Pirani's plain error 
   analysis, defendant was entitled to Booker relief as the record as a whole 
   suggests a reasonable probability that the defendant would have received 
   a more favorable sentence but for the Booker error. 
  
033379P.pdf   12/14/2004  USA  v.  Melroy Johnson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-3379
   Northern District of Iowa   
   Criminal case - criminal law. The court lacks jurisdiction to review the 
   chief judge's denial of a request for funds to obtain an expert under the 
   Criminal Justice Act in excess of the maximum amount permissible 
   under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3006A(3)(2003); the chief judge's decision is an 
   administrative decision which is neither a final decision for purposes of 
   28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 nor an appealable interlocutory order for purposes of 
   28 U.S.C. Sec. 1292; the only way to seek review of the order is to file a 
   request with the chief judge for reconsideration, and if that request 
   is denied, the only possible remedy is to file a mandamus with the 
   Supreme Court. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Hamilton and Bye, Circuit Judges]