Minutes of the September 10, 2001
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Public Meeting

Chair Murphy called the meeting to order at 12:38 p.m. in the Commissioners Conference Room.

The following Commissioners and staff participated in the meeting:

Diana E. Murphy, Chair
Ruben Castillo, Vice Chair
William K. Sessions, III, Vice Chair
John R. Steer, Vice Chair
Sterling Johnson, Jr., Commissioner
Joe Kendall, Commissioner
Michael E. O’Neill, Commissioner
John P. Elwood, Commissioner Ex-Officio
Edward F. Reilly, Commissioner Ex-Officio
Judith Sheon, Acting Deputy Staff Director
Charles Tetzlaff, General Counsel
Donald (Andy) Purdy, Chief Deputy General Counsel


Chair Murphy began the meeting by introducing the Commission’s newest ex-officio member, Parole Commission Chair Edward F. Reilly.

Chair Murphy stated that Staff Director Tim McGrath was on family leave because he and his wife had a baby daughter that morning. Judith Sheon was filling in for Staff