United States DC Circuit

In an action seeking to invoke one of 18 U.S.C. section 3523's enforcement procedures, the appointment of a guardian to help collect a judgment against an individual under the Witness Protection Program, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) Congress intended to make guardianship available only where the Attorney General found that the protected person was failing to make reasonable efforts-that is, only where disclosure to a guardian was necessary to enforce the judgment; and 2) here, the Attorney General determined that the protected person was making reasonable efforts to satisfy the judgment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2010
• Decided 02/23/2010
• Published 02/23/2010

Judges

• Before HENDERSON and TATEL, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sarah Melikian, Student Counsel, argued the cause for appellants. On the briefs was Ali A. Beydoun, Supervisory Attorney.


• For Appellees:
  
• Abby C. Wright, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief was Mark B. Stern, Attorney. R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.