UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT DISTRICT OF NEW
JERSEY
IN THE l\IATTER OF
REIMBURSEMENT OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT ("CJA")
TRAINING PANEL ATTORNEYS STANDING ORDER 19- (}~
WHEREAS, the Criminal Justice Act Pla:n for the United States District Court
fot the District of New Jersey ("the Court's CJA Plan") provides at VIII.C.7.b. there-in that the
reimbursement of a Training Panel Attorney (''TPA''/"Mentee"), appointed to assist a CJA
Panel Attorney ("Mentor"), may not exceed the compensation maximums provided for "other
services" in 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (e)(3) and the CJA Guidelines, Section 310.20, "u.nless
otherwise approved by the district court";
The District Court hereby requires the CJA Panel Mentor to seek authorization
from the presiding District Judge that a "TPA" be appointed to assist in their assigned CJA
case regardless of the anticipated number of service hours;
THEREFORE, authorization and services up to the compensation maximum
will be subject to review and approval by the District Court;
FURTHERMORE, authorization and services in excess of the compensation
maximum set forth in§ 310.20.lO(a) of the CJA Guidelines will be subject to the review and
approval of both the District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit.
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IT IS SO ORDERED this !?:LL day of June 2019.
F DAL. WOLFSO
Chief, United States District Judge
