Legal Opinion
United States v. Steven B. Aisenberg
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 6, 2004No. 03-10857PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals the district court’s order granting: (1) attorney’s fees in the amount of $2,680,602.22 under the Hyde Amendment for the bad faith prosecution of Steven and Marlene Aisenberg in connection with the disappearance of their daughter Sabrina, and (2) the wholesale disclosure of all grand jury transcripts. After review, we reverse and reduce the attorney’s fee award to $1,298,980.00. We also vacate the ordered disclosure of all grand jury transcripts.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Because this case has an extensive procedural history, we first outline the events…
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