SELYA, Circuit Judge. We decide today a question of first impression: Do principles of sovereign immunity bar a federal district court, exercising its supervisory power, from assessing attorneys’ fees and costs against the federal government in a criminal ease? We answer this question affirmatively and, therefore, annul the district court’s fee-shifting orders. <p "b845…
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