U.S. v. LINDBERG

No. 99-10371.

220 F.3d 1120 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Erik LINDBERG, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed: July 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Cohan (argued), William A. Cohan, P.C., San Diego, California, and Donald W. MacPherson, The MacPherson Group, Phoenix, Arizona, for the defendant-appellant.

Thomas Muehleck, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

This case presents issues of first impression in this circuit under the Hyde Amendment, which allows a court to award litigation expenses to a prevailing criminal defendant where the government's position was vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith, see 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (historical and statutory notes). We hold that in order to recover expenses, a defendant must show more than that the government's position was not ...

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