United States Ninth Circuit

Under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, a district court properly orders restitution to be paid to a third party when that party bears the cost of providing necessary medical care to a victim of a covered offense who suffered bodily injury as a result of the offense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/09/2003
• Decided 08/11/2003
• Published 08/11/2003

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before: GRABER, WARDLAW, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Pamela J. Byrne, Assistant Federal Defender, Honolulu, HI, for the defendant-appellant., Leslie E. Osborne, Jr., and Craig H. Nakamura, Assistant United States Attorneys, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee.