Mark Shelnutt files motion for reconsideration for attorney’s fees

Columbus attorney Mark Shelnutt, who was denied his motion for attorney’s fees last month, has asked U.S. District Court Judge Clay Land to reconsider his decision.

Shelnutt, acquitted in November of charges including money laundering, aiding and abetting a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, attempted bribery and making false statements, had argued in a December motion that prosecutors waged “baseless, vexatious, frivolous, bad faith, harassing and stubborn” case against him. Citing the “Hyde Amendment,” Shelnutt argued that a judge can award attorney’s fees and expenses “where the court finds that the position of the United States was vexatious, frivolous or in bad faith,” the motion states.

In his motion for reconsideration filed Thursday, Shelnutt says that if given the opportunity to show the complete trial transcript, all related documents and other evidence, the court records would support his request for reconsideration.