Legal Opinion
United States v. Hyde
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 7, 2007No. 05-2897PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to decide whether a restitution order under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, codified in relevant part at 18 U.S.C. § 3613 (“MVRA”), allows the government to garnish the sale proceeds of a house that the debtor had attempted to exempt from the reach of creditors in a Chapter 7 federal bankruptcy proceeding. Finding that the government has such authority, we affirm the district court’s order allowing the government to enforce its writ of garnishment.
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For nearly two decades, appellant Phillip Hyde, a Massachusetts resident, fraudulently received…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. Raymond P. NovakCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Shambaugh v. ScofieldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
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