Court Opinion

ID: 9498640
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Date Created: 2023-08-05 17:23:34.343052+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:58:58.243226
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BRIGHT, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
The D’Andrea and Johnson cases stand for the proposition that the Chief Judge’s decision on funding under Section 3006A of the Criminal Justice Act may not be attacked directly as an interlocutory order. However, that issue may be subject to review in an appeal from a judgment of conviction where the appellant contends the conviction was imposed in violation of his due process right to present an adequate defense. See Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68, 76-77, 105 S.Ct. 1087, 84 L.Ed.2d 53 (1985) (“[A] criminal trial is fundamentally unfair if the State proceeds against an indigent defendant without making certain that he has access to the raw materials integral to the building of an effective defense.”); United States v. Abreu, 202 F.3d 386, 388 (1st Cir.2000) (“This court *855has appellate jurisdiction over § 3006A determinations that impact a defendant’s trial or sentence.”); United States v. Bloomer, 150 F.3d 146, 149 (2d Cir.1998) (same).
Here, however, Obasi has not shown with the required specificity his need for the full amount of funds that he requested, nor that his defense was prejudiced by lack of funds, nor that he was deprived of due process in the presentation of his defense.
Thus, I concur separately.