Apr. 1, 2015
California Lawyer Archives - Feature Story: Moonlight Fire Singes Prosecutors
A former assistant U.S. Attorney adds fuel to claims that federal prosecutors engaged in a fraud on the court to win fire-recovery damages.
By Pamela A. MacLean
The mammoth 2007 Moonlight fire in remote Plumas County grabbed the attention of Assistant U.S. Attorney E. Robert Wright from the moment he was tapped to head the Eastern District's fire litigation cost-recovery team.
The blaze began on a hot September day near Moonlight Peak, roughly 85 miles east of Red Bluff. Over the next three weeks the fire blackened 65,000 acres and consumed valuable stands of old-growth Douglas fir before fire crews were ab...
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