MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
GRADY, District Judge.
The question presented here is whether a judge should take action, sua sponte, when it appears that a defendant in a criminal case has been charged a clearly excessive fee by his privately retained attorney. A statement of the facts will put the matter in focus.
THE FACTS
The indictment names two defendants, Steven A. Vague and Gerald E. McDermott, Jr., both of whom have now been...
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