United States Second Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence are affirmed over his challenge that the district court lacked authority to order restitution to the United States Department of Agriculture under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/03/2004
• Published 09/03/2004

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge., Before:  CABRANES, STRAUB, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Yuanchung Lee, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., Glen G. McGorty, Assistant United States Attorney (Jonathan S. Abernethy, Celeste L. Koeleveld, Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel;  David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, on the brief), United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.