Legal Opinion

United States v. Rivera

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 2, 2010No. 09-12712PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents questions of justiciability: about ripeness and our review of findings of fact made by a district court. Marta Alfonso appeals from an order that removed her as receiver of the forfeited assets of three convicted criminals. The order removed Alfonso for misfeasance and appointed the monitor to act as the new receiver to “recover all fees accrued due to the misfeasance of ... Alfonso” and the accounting firm where she is a non-equity partner. Alfonso does not seek reinstatement as receiver; instead, she asks us to reverse the order to recover her fees…

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