| United States v. Gementera | |
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Full case name | United States v. Gementera |
| Argued | May 11, 2004 |
| Decided | August 9, 2004 |
| Citation(s) | 379 F.3d 596 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Eugene E. Siler, Jr. (6th Cir.), Michael Daly Hawkins |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | O'Scannlain, joined by Siler |
| Dissent | Hawkins |
| Laws applied | |
| Sentencing Reform Act; U.S. Const. amend. VIII | |
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United States v. Gementera, 379 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2004),[1] was a case decided by the 9th Circuit that held that a judge had the statutory authority to impose a sentence for mail theft that involved public reintegrative shaming because the punishment was reasonably related to the statutory objective of rehabilitation. The punishment required that the thief wear a sandwich board sign stating, "I stole mail; this is my punishment", while standing for eight hours outside of a San Francisco postal facility.[2][3]