U.S. v. MINDEL

No. 94-50562.

80 F.3d 394 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Sandra Atkins; James Atkins; Bjorn Brodahl; Wendy Brodahl; William Chicoine; Kari Chicoine; Robert Fogel; Betty Fogel; James Gamble; Tom Henslin; Audrea Henslin; Roy Marshall; Jonathan Palmer; Michael Park; Fidel Sanchez; Patricia Sanchez; Carson Shade; Tim Stoddard; Paul Winslow; Anna Winslow; Larry Youngquist; William Zaputil; Juanita Zaputil, Appellants, v. David M. MINDEL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miriam A. Krinsky and Steven G. Madison, Assistant United States Attorneys, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff.

Vin A. Fichter, Encino, California, for appellants.

Christopher Rolin, Rodi, Pollock, Pettker & Galbraith, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, LEAVY, Circuit Judge, and JONES, District Judge.


HUG, Chief Judge:

In this case, we must decide whether a crime victim has standing to challenge a district court's order rescinding criminal restitution payments being made under the Victim & Witness Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3663 et seq. ("VWPA"). Because we hold that a crime victim lacks standing to appeal the district court's order or to petition this court for mandamus review, we do not address the merits of...

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