United States v. Mahendra Pratap Gupta

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

In this complex Medicare fraud case, the United States appeals from the district court’s order granting a judgment of acquittal or, alternatively, a new trial, after a jury had convicted Appellees on three counts of mail fraud and fraud against the government. The government argues that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to issue the order because the motions were filed outside the time limits for post-verdict motions prescribed in Rules 29 and 33 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and that the district court’s order was wrong on the merits as…