Sykes, Circuit Judge.
Philip Bernstein, an attorney appointed under the Criminal Justice Act ("CJA or the Act") to represent an indigent defendant in federal district court, hired forensic expert Erich Speckin to analyze evidence for the defense. But Bernstein disregarded the Act's rules and failed to obtain the district court's preapproval for...
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