U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 91-7576.

983 F.2d 216 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antoinette Blevins JOHNSON, Defendant, Central Bank of the South, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Adams, Najjar Denaburg, P.C., Walter McArdle, Birmingham, AL, for Central Bank of the South.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., Birmingham, AL, Shirley I. McCarty, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sara Criscitelli, U.S. Dept. of Justice, DC, for U.S.

Before HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, HENDERSON and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

As a matter of first impression in this circuit, we hold that the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3579 and 3580 ("Act") does not afford a victim under the Act standing to appeal the rescission of a restitution order.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 30, 1987, a grand jury charged Antoinette Blevins Johnson with 30 counts of forging endorsements of and cashing social security checks made...

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