United States v. Dale E. Baker and Jake Evenblij

This is an appeal from orders of the district court directing the United States to pay attorneys’ fees to retained defense counsel in a criminal case for services rendered in connection with the taking of depositions by the United States in advance of trial at Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies, pursuant to an order of the trial court granted under Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

The issues presented are (1) whether the orders granting the attorneys’ fees are appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and (2) whether the district court erred in awarding the fees…