UNPUBLISHED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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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
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