U.S. v. Rincon, 90-50491

Decision Date13 December 1993
Docket NumberNo. 90-50491,90-50491
Citation11 F.3d 922
PartiesUNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hugo RINCON, Defendant-Appellant.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court.

Prior report: --- U.S. ----, 114 S.Ct. 41, 126 L.Ed.2d 12.

Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, TROTT, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

The case is remanded to the district court for the limited purpose of reexamining the admissibility of the expert testimony offered by the defendant in light of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. ----, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993). In complying with this mandate, the district court may hold such hearings as it deems appropriate, and shall enter an appropriate order, either affirming its previous rejection of the expert testimony or taking such further action as its decision on that subject indicates.

The district court shall comply with this mandate within a reasonable time, but no later than sixty days after the date of this order. The order of the district court shall not become effective until issuance of the mandate of this court.

Any party desiring to challenge the district court's order may do so by filing a brief, not to exceed fifteen pages in length, with the clerk of this court, in this docket number, within twenty-one days of the district court's entry of the order. The other party may file a response, not to exceed fifteen pages, within twenty-one days of the filing of the first brief.

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    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
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    ...purpose of reexamining the admissibility of the expert testimony on eyewitness identification in light of Daubert. See United States v. Rincon, 11 F.3d 922 (9th Cir.1993). On remand to the district court, Rincon again proffered the testimony of an psychologist and full professor at the Clar......
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    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • 4 Mayo 1994
    ...the light of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. ----, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993). See also U.S. v. Rincon, 11 F.3d 922 (9th Cir.1993), U.S. v. Amador-Galvan, 9 F.3d 1414 (9th Cir.1993), and Jones v. Arkansas, 314 Ark. 289, 862 S.W.2d 242 In complying with thi......
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    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
    • 6 Junio 1994
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    • United States
    • Albany Law Review Vol. 64 No. 1, September 2000
    • 22 Septiembre 2000
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