Notice2024-26219
Requests for Applications; Practitioners Advisory Group
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Published
November 13, 2024
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United States Sentencing Commission
Abstract
The United States Sentencing Commission is issuing this notice to advise the public that the application period for membership for the First Circuit in the Practitioners Advisory Group has been extended to December 2, 2024. The deadline was originally October 14, 2024. An applicant for voting membership for the First Circuit of the Practitioners Advisory Group should apply by sending a letter of interest and resume to the Commission as indicated in the ADDRESSES section below.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89716-89717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26219]
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UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
Requests for Applications; Practitioners Advisory Group
AGENCY: United States Sentencing Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Sentencing Commission is issuing this notice
to advise the public that the application period for membership for the
First Circuit in the Practitioners Advisory Group has been extended to
December 2, 2024. The deadline was originally October 14, 2024. An
applicant for voting membership for the First Circuit of the
Practitioners Advisory Group should apply by sending a letter of
interest and resume to the Commission as indicated in the ADDRESSES
section below.
DATES: Application materials for voting membership of the Practitioners
Advisory Group should be received not later than December 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: An applicant for voting membership of the Practitioners
Advisory Group should apply by sending a letter of interest and resume
to the Commission by electronic mail or regular mail. The email address
is <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#47373225262121262e3534073234342469202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="36464354575050575f4445764345455518515940">[email protected]</span></a>. The regular mail address is United States
Sentencing Commission, One Columbus Circle NE, Suite 2-500, South
Lobby, Washington, DC 20002-8002, Attention: Public Affairs--PAG
Membership.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Dukes, Senior Public Affairs
Specialist, (202) 502-4597. More information about the Practitioners
Advisory Group is available on the Commission's website at
<a href="http://www.ussc.gov/advisory-groups">www.ussc.gov/advisory-groups</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Sentencing Commission is
an independent agency in the judicial branch of the United States
Government. The Commission promulgates sentencing guidelines and policy
statements for federal courts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(a). The
Commission also periodically reviews and revises previously promulgated
guidelines pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(o) and submits guideline
amendments to the Congress not later than the first day of May each
year pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(p).
The Practitioners Advisory Group is a standing advisory group of
the United States Sentencing Commission established pursuant to 28
U.S.C. 995 and Rule 5.4 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure. Under the charter for the advisory group, the purpose of the
advisory group is (1) to assist the Commission in carrying out its
statutory responsibilities under 28 U.S.C. 994(o); (2) to provide to
the Commission its views on the Commission's activities and work,
including proposed priorities and amendments; (3) to disseminate to
defense attorneys, and to other professionals in the defense community,
information regarding federal sentencing issues; and (4) to perform
other related functions as the Commission requests. The advisory group
consists of not more than 17 voting members, each of whom may serve not
more than two consecutive three-year terms. Of those 17 voting members,
one shall be Chair, one shall be Vice Chair, 12 shall be circuit
members (one for each federal judicial circuit other than the Federal
Circuit), and three shall be at-large members.
To be eligible to serve as a voting member, an individual must be
an attorney who (1) devotes a substantial portion of his or her
professional work to advocating the interests of privately-represented
individuals, or of individuals represented by private
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practitioners through appointment under the Criminal Justice Act of
1964, within the federal criminal justice system; (2) has significant
experience with federal sentencing or post-conviction issues related to
criminal sentences; and (3) is in good standing of the highest court of
the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which he or she is admitted to
practice. Additionally, to be eligible to serve as a circuit member,
the individual's primary place of business or a substantial portion of
his or her practice must be in the circuit concerned. Each voting
member is appointed by the Commission.
The Commission issued a notice inviting eligible individuals to
apply for membership of the Practitioners Advisory Group on August 14,
2024 (see 89 FR 66178) in view of vacancies in two circuit memberships
(for the First and Eleventh Circuits) and one at-large membership. The
deadline was originally October 14, 2024, but is now extended to
December 2, 2024, for individuals applying for the First Circuit
membership of the Practitioners Advisory Group. This application period
is extended to ensure sufficient time for any eligible individual to
apply. An applicant for voting membership for the First Circuit of the
Practitioners Advisory Group should apply by sending a letter of
interest and a resume to the Commission as indicated in the ADDRESSES
section above.
Authority: 28 U.S.C. 994(a), (o), (p), 995; USSC Rules of Practice
and Procedure 2.2(c), 5.4.
Carlton W. Reeves,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2024-26219 Filed 11-12-24; 8:45 am]
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