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Nacchio Gets Two Strikes at Supreme Court

By Robert J. Ambrogi

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Remember Joseph Nacchio, the former CEO of Qwest Communications International who was convicted on federal insider-trading charges in 2007 and is currently serving a six-year sentence in a federal prison? As the Supreme Court wrapped up its term last spring, it signaled an interest in his petition for certiorari by issuing an order requesting the entire record from his earlier trials and appeals. That end-of-term order gave Nacchio reason to hope that the court would hear his case when it reconvened in the fall. But any hope the court gave Nacchio it has since dashed twice over, denying his petition for certiorari and then denying his request to rehear the petition. The court considered Nacchio's petition at its conference on Sept. 29 and issued an order denying it on Oct. 5, according to the court's docket. He filed a request for rehearing on Oct. 30, which the court denied in an order issued Nov. 30. But two strikes from the Supreme Court do not add up to an out for Nacchio. In July, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that the U.S. District Court in Denver miscalculated his sentence under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines by overstating...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).