Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Richard E. Dover

OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

This is a case of statutory interpretation. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) appeals from a grant of summary judgment dismissing the FDIC’s suit to collect $19.6 million under a criminal restitution order entered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3663, part of the Victim and Witness Protection Act (“VWPA”) of 1982. The action was instituted before the repeal of the Act. The outcome turns on an interpretation of the Act. We reverse in part and affirm in part and order that summary judgment be entered in favor of the FDIC.

I

In 1991, Richard E. Dover (“Dover”),…