PERRI v. U.S.

No. 03-5012.

340 F.3d 1337 (2003)

Anthony PERRI (also known as Anthony Marino), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: August 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin Popkin, of Shirley, New York, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

Ada E. Bosque, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were David M. Cohen, Director; and Deborah A. Bynum, Assistant Director. Of counsel was Virginia G. Farrier, Attorney.

Before RADER, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LINN, Circuit Judge.


FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The appellant seeks to recover twenty-five percent of the amount the government received upon the forfeiture of property owned by a defendant in a criminal case, based upon the information and assistance he provided to the government in developing the case. He contends that 28 U.S.C. § 524(c)(1)(B), which created the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and authorized the Attorney General to make specified payments from...

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