Anyone want to bet that this opinion is not by Judge Selya?

Here is West’s Headnote of the Day:

It is not enough merely to mention a possible argument in a brief in the most skeletal way, leaving the court to do counsel’s work, create the ossature for the argument, and put flesh on its bones. Alejandro-Martinez v. Ortiz-Vazquez, 485 Fed.Appx. 441 (1st Cir. 2012).

Let me go out on a limb here. It’s from the First Circuit, and it uses a word like ossature. My guess is that the opinion’s author is Judge Bruce Selya. I will hit the publish button; then I will look up the decision. Don’t let the suspense kill you, because there’s not much risk here.

Comments

[Ray]

Hit it, sort of. The opinion that this headnote comes from is a per curiam, with Judge Selya not on the panel. But it quotes U.S. v. Zannino, 895 F.2d 1, which was written by Judge Selya.