Happy Booker holidays from the circuit courts

As a fitting way to honor a Booker Festivus, today the circuit courts have wrapped up the pre-holiday week by issuing a bunch of sentencing opinions.  I have already seen notable decisions in the First, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Circuits.

Since I have shopping to do, all I can do is note summarily that none of these rulings appears to be ground-breaking, but all of them continue to fill in a picture of a post-Booker federal sentencing universe that looks a lot like pre-Booker federal sentencing universe.  (Also, I can give a shout-out to the Eighth Circuit, because at this official opinion page you can quickly see the basics and find links easy links to its copious Booker work.)

UPDATE:  Late in the day, the Second, Fifth and Tenth Circuits also issued notable sentencing opinions.  I suppose all the circuits have earned the right to take a long weekend off.