Court Opinion

ID: 9490271
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 13:38:07.957217+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:53:59.537301
License: Public Domain

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge,
concurring in result:
I concur in my colleagues’ decision to remand for resentencing, but not for the reasons expressed in the majority opinion. My reading of the record satisfies me that the experienced district judge considered the restitution factors prescribed in 18 U.S.C. § 3664(a). However, it is settled law in this Circuit that a sentencing judge may not assign to the probation department the responsibility of scheduling installment restitution payments. See, e.g., United States v. Khan, 53 F.3d 507, 519 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 697, 133 L.Ed.2d 655 (1995); United States v. Porter, 41 F.3d 68, 71 (2d Cir.1994). Because that is what the district court did in the instant case, the error must be corrected.