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FEB RUARY 17, 2010

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, 1 8 U

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o u n d

H o m r i g h a u s e n n o t g u i l t y

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i l e d a R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n f o r t h e r e t u r n o f t h e $ 3

, 0 4 0 s e i z e d a t t h e

t i m e o f h i s a r r e s t

. T h e g o v e r n m e n t d i d n o t r e s p o n d t o t h i s m o t i o n

. W i t h o u t n o t i c e

2o r a h e a r i n g

, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t e n t e r e d a n o r d e r d e n y i n g H o m r i g h a u s e n ’ s R u l e

4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n a n d d i r e c t i n g t h a t t h e $ 3

, 0 4 0 b e p a i d t o t h e T r e a s u r y t o d e f r a y t h e

c o s t s o f h i r i n g t h e p u b l i c d e f e n d e r t o r e p r e s e n t H o m r i g h a u s e n

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O n a p p e a l

, t h i s C o u r t v a c a t e d t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t ’ s o r d e r a n d r e m a n d e d w i t h

i n s t r u c t i o n s t h a t “ i f t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t w a n t s t o r e m i t t h e f u n d s t o t h e T r e a s u r y a s

r e i m b u r s e m e n t

, i t m u s t c o m p l y w i t h 1 8 U

. S

. C

. § 3 0 0 6 A ( f ) a n d t h e p r o c e d u r e s

o u t l i n e d i n B u r s e y

. F a i l i n g t h a t

, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t m u s t r e t u r n t h e f u n d s t o

H o m r i g h a u s e n

. ” U n i t e d S t a t e s v

. H o m r i g h a u s e n

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) p e r m i t s a d i s t r i c t c o u r t t o d i r e c t t h a t f u n d s b e d e p o s i t e d i n

t h e T r e a s u r y a s a r e i m b u r s e m e n t w h e n t h e c o u r t “ f i n d s t h a t f

u n d s a r e a v a i l a b l e f

o r

p a y m e n t f

r o m o r o n b e h a l f o f a p e r s o n f u r n i s h e d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

. ” 1 8 U

. S

. C

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§ 3 0 0 6 A ( f

)

. O u r d e c i s i o n i n B u r s e y p r o h i b i t s t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t f r o m s u m m a r i l y

d i s b u r s i n g f

u n d s t o t h e T r e a s u r y u n d e r § 3 0 0 6 A ( f ) a n d r e q u i r e s t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t t o

f i r s t “ m a k e a n ‘ a p p r o p r i a t e i n q u i r y ’ a s t o t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f t h e f u n d s f o r p a y m e n t

a s r e q u i r e d u n d e r s u b s e c t i o n ( f )

. ” 5 1 5 F

. 2 d a t 1 2 3 6

, 1 2 3 8 ( q u o t i n g § 3 0 0 6 A ( b ) )

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, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t h e l d a n i n i t i a l h e a r i n g a n d o r d e r e d t h e

United States v. Bur sey , 515 F.2d 1228 ( 5th Cir. 1975). I n Bonne r v. City of Prichar d, 1

661 F.2d 1206, 1209 ( 11th Cir. 1981) (en ba nc), w e adopte d as binding prec edent a ll decisions of

the forme r F ifth Circuit decided be fore October 1, 1981.

3g o v e r n m e n t t o r e s p o n d t o H o m r i g h a u s e n ’ s R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n

. A f t e r t h e

g o v e r n m e n t c o m p l i e d a n d H o m r i g h a u s e n f i l e d a r e p l y

, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t n o t i f i e d

H o m r i g h a u s e n o f i t s i n t e n t t o d e p o s i t t h e $ 3

, 0 4 0 i n s e i z e d f u n d s w i t h t h e T r e a s u r y

p u r s u a n t t o § 3 0 0 6 A ( f

) a n d a d v i s e d h i m t o f

i l e a n y o b

j e c t i o n s

. H o m r i g h a u s e n f i l e d

h i s o b j e c t i o n s

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a s w h e n h e w a s o r i g i n a l l y f o u n d e l i g i b l e f

o r c o u r t

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T h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t h e l d a s e c o n d h e a r i n g a n d h e a r d t e s t i m o n y f r o m

H o m r i g h a u s e n a b o u t h i s f i n a n c i a l r e s o u r c e s

. H o m r i g h a u s e n t e s t i f i e d t h a t h e h a d

l e s s t h a n $ 1 0 0 i n c a s h

, h a d n o s a v i n g s a c c o u n t o r i n v e s t m e n t s

, c u r r e n t l y e a r n e d

a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 2 0 0 p e r w e e k

, p a i d $ 1 1 5 p e r w e e k i n r e n t

, a n d o w n e d t w o b i c y c l e s

a n d s o m e m o d e s t j e w e l r y

. H o m r i g h a u s e n w a s n o t m a r r i e d a n d d i d n o t h a v e a n y

d e p e n d e n t s

.

A f t e r t h e h e a r i n g

, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t e n t e r e d a n o r d e r f i n d i n g t h a t b e c a u s e t h e

$ 3

, 0 4 0 i n c a s h b e l o n g e d t o H o m r i g h a u s e n a n d h e w a s e n t i t l e d t o i t s r e t u r n a b s e n t a

l e g i t i m a t e r e a s o n t o w i t h h o l d i t

, H o m r i g h a u s e n h a d “ f u n d s a v a i l a b l e f

o r p a y m e n t ”

f o r h i s c o u r t

- a p p o i n t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

, a s r e q u i r e d b y § 3 0 0 6 A ( f ) a n d B u r s e y

. T h e

d i s t r i c t c o u r t t h u s d e n i e d H o m r i g h a u s e n ’ s R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n f o r t h e r e t u r n o f t h i s

c a s h a n d d i r e c t e d t h a t t h e $ 3

, 0 4 0 b e d e p o s i t e d w i t h t h e T r e a s u r y f o r p a r t i a l

4r e i m b u r s e m e n t o f h i s l e g a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

, p u r s u a n t t o § 3 0 0 6 A ( f )

. H o m r i g h a u s e n 2

f i l e d t h i s s e c o n d a p p e a l

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I I

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A t t h e o u t s e t

, w e m u s t a d d r e s s w h e t h e r w e h a v e j u r i s d i c t i o n t o r e v i e w t h e

d i s t r i c t c o u r t ’ s o r d e r

. C i t i n g U n i t e d S t a t e s v

. G r i g g s

, 2 4 0 F

. 3 d 9 7 4 ( 1 1 t h C i r

.

2 0 0 1 )

, t h e g o v e r n m e n t a r g u e s t h a t w e l a c k j u r i s d i c t i o n t o r e v i e w t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t ’ s

§ 3 0 0 6 A ( f

) r u l i n g

. W e a g r e e

. U n d e r G r i g g s

, a n o r d e r f o r t h e p a y m e n t o f f

u n d s

u n d e r § 3 0 0 6 A ( f

) i s n o t a f

i n a l a p p e a l a b l e o r d e r w i t h i n t h e m e a n i n g o f 2 8 U

. S

. C

.

§ 1 2 9 1 b e c a u s e

, i n t e r a l i a

, i t i s a d m i n i s t r a t i v e i n n a t u r e a n d l e f t t o t h e d i s c r e t i o n o f

t h e t r i a l c o u r t

. 2 4 0 F

. 3 d a t 9 7 4

. T h u s

, w e d o n o t a d d r e s s t h e m e r i t s o f t h e d i s t r i c t

c o u r t ’ s § 3 0 0 6 A ( f

) r u l i n g

. 3

W e d o h a v e j u r i s d i c t i o n t o r e v i e w t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t ’ s r u l i n g o n

H o m r i g h a u s e n ’ s R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n

. S e e U n i t e d S t a t e s v

. M a c h a d o

, 4 6 5 F

. 3 d

At the hea

ring , Homrig hausen’ s public defe nder a dvised the district court that he spent 2

approximately

fifty hours on Homrig hausen’ s trial. The district cour t estimated, based on the

curr ent pay

rate of $110 an hour

for a ttorney ’s appointed unde r the Criminal J ustice Ac t, that

Homrig hausen’ s defe nse cost appr ox imately $5,500. Thus, the $3,040 was only a par tial

reimburse ment for Homr igha usen’s re prese ntation.

Under Grig g s, we lac k jurisdiction to review the me rits of a district cour t’s § 3006A(f) 3

ruling (i.e., the f

inding that f

unds are available for pa

y ment and the discr etionary decision

whether to direct that funds be paid to the Tre asury as re imbursement for c ourt-appointed

counsel). U nder B ursey , howeve r, we can r eview w hether the district court ha s complied with

the proc edura l require ments befor e ente ring the § 3006A(f ) ruling . I n this second appe al,

Homrig hausen doe s not contend that the district cour t failed to comply

with the proce dures in

§ 3006A(f) and B ursey

befor e dire cting pay

ment to the Trea sury

.

51 3 0 1

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. 2 0 0 6 )

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.

L o p e z

, 5 6 2 F

. 3 d 1 3 0 9

, 1 3 1 1

- 1 3 ( 1 1 t h C i r

. 2 0 0 9 )

. R u l e 4 1 ( g ) p r o v i d e s t h a t “ a

p e r s o n a g g r i e v e d

. . . b y t h e d e p r i v a t i o n o f p r o p e r t y m a y m o v e f o r t h e p r o p e r t y ’ s

r e t u r n

. ” F e d

. R

. C r i m P

. 4 1 ( g )

. W h e n t h e R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n i s f i l e d a f t e r c r i m i n a l

p r o c e e d i n g s h a v e t e r m i n a t e d

, “ t h e p e r s o n f r o m w h o m t h e p r o p e r t y w a s s e i z e d i s

p r e s u m e d t o h a v e a r i g h t t o i t s r e t u r n a n d t h e g o v e r n m e n t m u s t d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t i t

h a s a l e g i t i m a t e r e a s o n t o r e t a i n t h e p r o p e r t y

. ” U n i t e d S t a t e s v

. P o t e s R a m i r e z

, 2 6 0

F

. 3 d 1 3 1 0

, 1 3 1 4 ( 1 1 t h C i r

. 2 0 0 1 )

.

A R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n f

i l e d a f t e r t h e t e r m i n a t i o n o f t h e c r i m i n a l p r o c e e d i n g s

i s a m o t i o n i n e q u i t y

, f

o r w h i c h t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t “ w i l l d e t e r m i n e a l l t h e e q u i t a b l e

c o n s i d e r a t i o n s i n o r d e r t o m a k e a f a i r a n d j u s t d e c i s i o n

. ” U n i t e d S t a t e s v

. H o w e l l

,

4 2 5 F

. 3 d 9 7 1

, 9 7 4 ( 1 1 t h C i r

. 2 0 0 5 )

. W e r e v i e w q u e s t i o n s o f l a w r e l a t i n g t o a R u l e

4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n d e n o v o

, b u t r e v i e w “ t h e e q u i t a b l e e q u a t i o n o f t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t ’ s

d e c i s i o n t o d e n y a R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n o n l y f o r a b u s e o f d i s c r e t i o n

. ” M a c h a d o

, 4 6 5

F

. 3 d a t 1 3 0 7

.

H e r e

, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t d e n i e d H o m r i g h a u s e n ’ s R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n b e c a u s e

,

a f t e r f o l l o w i n g t h e p r o c e d u r e s s e t f o r t h i n § 3 0 0 6 A ( f

) a n d B u r s e y

, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t

d e t e r m i n e d t h a t t h e s e i z e d f u n d s w e r e “ a v a i l a b l e f

o r p a y m e n t ” t o t h e T r e a s u r y f o r

o f H o m r i g h a u s e n ’ s c o u r t

- a p p o i n t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

. A n d

, H o m r i g h a u s e n d o e s n o t

6d i s p u t e t h a t h e h a d c o u r t

- a p p o i n t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o r t h a t t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

t h r o u g h t r i a l w a s m o r e t h a n t h e $ 3

, 0 4 0

. U n d e r t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s

, w e c a n n o t s a y

t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t a b u s e d i t s d i s c r e t i o n i n d e n y i n g t h e R u l e 4 1 ( g ) m o t i o n

.

A F F I R M E D I N P A R T

, D I S M I S S E D I N P A R T

.

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