Rosenfield v. Wilkins

OPINION AND ORDER

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

This is a putative class action filed by Virginia attorneys Steven Rosenfield and Edward M. Wayland against William W. Wilkins in his official capacity as Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Plaintiffs allege that the Fourth Circuit’s procedures for compensating attorneys appointed to represent indigent criminal defendants under the Criminal Justice Act (“CJA”) violate class members’ Fifth Amendment right to procedural due process because requests for compensation are reduced or denied without (1) an explanation of why…