United States v. Diaz

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER RE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT PETITION

RAFEEDIE, District Judge.

A Criminal Justice Act [“CJA”] petition and supplemental petition have been presented to this Court seeking attorneys’ fees in excess , of $10,000. Counsel for defendant Alfonso Ramon Diaz [hereinafter “petitioner”] asks the Court to certify that this case was an “extended or complex” case warranting departure from the statutory maximum of $3,500.00. After considering the petitions and petitioner’s response to the Court’s Order requesting further explanation of the vague entries contained in the petition,…