United States Second Circuit

In a case arising from the NBA gambling scandal involving former referee Tim Donaghy, judgment ordering defendant to pay restitution to the NBA under the Victim and Witness Protection Act is affirmed where: 1) the NBA was a victim of defendant's offense as it was directly and proximately harmed by defendant committing the crime of conspiracy to transmit wagering information; 2) the court acted within its discretion in determining that defendant has a reasonable potential for future income and that he should have sufficient resources to contribute to the payment of restitution to the NBA; and 3) attorneys' fees are recoverable as "other expenses" under the Act, and thus the court did not err in awarding the NBA attorneys' fees incurred as a result of the assistance it provided to the government in its investigation and prosecution of defendant's criminal offense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/13/2009
• Decided 08/06/2009
• Published 08/06/2009

Judges

• WESLEY, Circuit Judge:, Before WALKER, WESLEY, WALLACE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jack McMahon, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey Goldberg, Assistant United States Attorney (Jo Ann M. Navickas and Alexander A. Solomon, on the brief), for Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee.