Opinions of the United 2004 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 2-20-2004 USA v. Rivera Precedential or Non-Precedential: Precedential Docket No. 02-3067 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/thirdcircuit_2004 Recommended Citation "USA v. Rivera" (2004). 2004 Decisions. Paper 947. http://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/thirdcircuit_2004/947 This decision is brought to you for free and open access by the Opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at Villanova University School of Law Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2004 Decisions by an authorized administrator of Villanova University School of Law Digital Repository. For more information, please contact Benjamin.Carlson@law.villanova.edu.  PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 02-3067 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee v. ISAAC RIVERA, Appellant ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY District Court Judge: Honorable Jerome B. Simandle (D.C. Crim. No. 01-cr-00373-5) Argued: December 4, 2003 Before: SLOVITER and ALITO, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER,* District Judge. ORDER AMENDING OPINION * The Honorable Louis F. Oberdorfer, Senior District Judge for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation.  IT IS ORDERED that the slip opinion in the above case, filed February 9, 2004, be amended as follows: Footnote 4 should be revised to read as follows: The availability of de novo review on appeal regardless of whether Rivera formally objected to the government’s advocacy makes it unnecessary for us to pursue the question of whether this indirect notice entitles Rivera to de novo review on independent grounds. Footnote 6 should be deleted in its entirety and prior footnotes 7, 8 and 9 should be renumbered accordingly. By the Court, /s/ Louis F. Oberdorfer District Judge Dated: February 20, 2004