General Order No. 370-A filed
on April 18, 2005, is vacated and replaced by this order.
Effective for work performed
on or after January 1, 2006, the maximum rate of compensation for counsel for a
defendant in a federal capital prosecution or for a petitioner in a federal death
penalty habeas corpus case shall be as follows:
For federal capital prosecutions
a maximum rate allowed as set by the Annual Fiscal Year Defendant Services Appropriation.
For federal death penalty habeas
corpus cases - maximum as have been authorized and approved by the Judicial Counsel
for the Ninth Circuit. Such rates appear in the
Capital Case Budget and Management Policy for the Judicial Council of the Ninth
Circuit at paragraph 3.
DATED: 1/31/06
FILED: January 31, 2006