WASHINGTON - More than 50 former federal judges and prosecutors are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a dispute over alleged government misconduct, taking a position in the case against the Justice Department.
The coalition, which includes retired district and appellate judges and former U.S. attorneys, is advocating for a doctor in Miami whom the government unsuccessfully prosecuted in a drug case. The statute in question allows defendants to recoup fees if the government’s stance in a criminal case was “vexatious, frivolous or in bad faith.”
