In October 2017, Mario Nelson Reyes-Romero was indicted for unlawful reentry into the United States.During his prosecution, it became apparent that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers who had conducted his initial removal proceedings in 2011 had engaged in serious misconduct. The evidence indicated that Reyes-Romero may have completed a form waiving his right to a hearing before the form was translated into Spanish.It also appeared that a DHS officer, not Reyes-Romero himself, had checked the box waiving Reyes-Romero’s right to a hearing.The Western District of Pennsylvania ultimately dismissed the indictment, and Reyes-Romero filed a Hyde Amendmentapplication to recover attorneys’ fees from the government on the ground that its position was “vexatious, frivolous, [and] in bad faith.”The district court considered the conduct of both the prosecutors and the DHS officers underlying the prosecution and found that Reyes- Romero was plainly “railroaded” out of the country and entitled to attorneys’ fees under the Hyde Amendment.However, the Third Circuit reversed. The court held that Hyde Amendment analysis is limited to considering prosecutorial misconduct only, not unlawful actions taken by DHS officers in removal proceedings, despite acknowledging that DHS’s initial removal order was “a necessary element” of the ultimate prosecution.As a result, Reyes-Romero was saddled with costs and fees upwards of $73,700.

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解读1997年海德修正案中的“美国立场”

2017 年 10 月，马里奥·纳尔逊·雷耶斯-罗梅罗因非法重返美国而被起诉。在他的起诉期间，很明显，在 2011 年对他进行初步遣返程序的国土安全部 (DHS) 官员从事了严重的不当行为. 证据表明，雷耶斯-罗梅罗可能在表格被翻译成西班牙语之前已经填写了放弃听证权的表格。似乎是国土安全部官员，而不是雷耶斯-罗梅罗本人，勾选了放弃雷耶斯-罗梅罗的权利。宾夕法尼亚州西区最终驳回了起诉书，雷耶斯-罗梅罗提交了海德修正案申请，要求政府收回律师费，理由是其立场“无理取闹、轻率 [和] 恶意。“地区法院考虑了检察官和作为起诉依据的国土安全部官员的行为，并发现雷耶斯-罗梅罗显然是被“铁路”出境并有权根据海德修正案获得律师费。但是，第三巡回法院推翻了. 法院认为，海德修正案的分析仅限于考虑起诉不当行为，而不是国土安全部官员在遣返程序中采取的非法行动，尽管承认国土安全部最初的遣返令是最终起诉的“必要因素”。因此，雷耶斯-罗梅罗背负着超过 73,700 美元的成本和费用。第三巡回赛逆转。法院认为，海德修正案的分析仅限于考虑起诉不当行为，而不是国土安全部官员在遣返程序中采取的非法行动，尽管承认国土安全部最初的遣返令是最终起诉的“必要因素”。因此，雷耶斯-罗梅罗背负着超过 73,700 美元的成本和费用。第三巡回赛逆转。法院认为，海德修正案的分析仅限于考虑起诉不当行为，而不是国土安全部官员在遣返程序中采取的非法行动，尽管承认国土安全部最初的遣返令是最终起诉的“必要因素”。因此，雷耶斯-罗梅罗背负着超过 73,700 美元的成本和费用。