United States v. Harris

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-7267

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

PAUL J. HARRIS,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., Senior District Judge (5:07-cr-00022-PS-JES-1)

Submitted: December 16, 2008 Decided: December 23, 2008

Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Paul J. Harris, Appellant Pro Se. Timothy D. Belevetz, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia; Betsy C. Jividen, Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys, Wheeling, West Virginia; Brian James Samuels, Assistant United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Following his acquittal on charges of tax evasion and

filing false tax returns, Paul J. Harris filed a motion for

recovery of costs and fees under the Hyde Amendment, 18 U.S.C.

3006A (2006), alleging bad faith by the Government in

prosecuting him. He also requested an in camera production of

internal government memoranda. The district court denied these

motions, and Harris appealed. We have reviewed the record and

find no abuse of discretion and no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district

court. United States v. Harris, No. 5:07-cr-00022-PS-JES-1

(N.D.W. Va. July 11, 2008). We dispense with oral argument

because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented

in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

AFFIRMED