Criminal Justice Act Hourly Rates of Compensation as imposed by Congress
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| Claims for compensation must be supported with an itemized statement of the time spent on the appeal. The itemized statement must show a brief description of the services rendered broken down into the categories listed in Items 15 and 16 under the Claim for Services and Expenses section of the CJA 20 voucher. If counsel intends to seek compensation in excess of the statutory maximum, attach a memorandum demonstrating exactly how the appeal was extended or complex and why all the hours of work were necessary to provide fair compensation. The memorandum should detail services in narrative and statistical form indicating the nature of the service rendered, the date the service was rendered and the time expended in rendering the service. Services predating the filing of the notice of appeal are not reimbursable; services prior to that date should be submitted for payment in the district court. Also, please note that all time submitted must be done in one tenth of an hour increments. A $9,800 limitation, exclusive of expenses, applies to the compensation payable to appointed attorneys in direct criminal appeals and appeals from the denial of habeas corpus relief. To obtain current per diem rate, please go to: http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem . An itemized statement containing the date of travel, destination, number of miles and rate per mile must be submitted to document this expense.
All reimbursable expenses must be itemized on a work sheet, indicating the date and expense incurred. Counsel should minimize travel expenses and, if air travel is warranted from remote geographical areas of the circuit, contact the Criminal Justice Act Clerk at the phone number listed below for authorization to obtain governmental travel rates. This authorization should enable counsel to obtain government rates at hotels as well. Counsel should use regular U.S. Mail if it is less expensive than Federal Express or other private messenger services. |