United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's suit, seeking reimbursement for restitution payments made subject to a criminal judgment later vacated, is denied where the government properly distributed the money obtained from defendant to identifiable victims after the conviction became final.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2003
• Decided 10/08/2004
• Published 10/08/2004

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before: REINHARDT, THOMAS, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mary A. Wilkowski, Honolulu, HI (argued), for defendant-appellant H. Wayne Hayes, Jr., in pro. per., on brief., Harry Yee, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, HI (argued), Michael Chun, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, HI, on brief, for the plaintiff-appellee.