No. 18-5011
Xavier Cardona v. United States
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review asset-seizure burden-of-proof civil-forfeiture currency-seizure drug-trafficking drug-transaction due-process evidence-standard judicial-conversion procedural-due-process property-rights sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
Securities Immigration
Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2018-11-30
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was the court of appeals correct in affirming the district court's conversion of the petitioner's seized cash into cocaine when there was no evidence that the currency was the proceeds of or otherwise linked to a drug transaction?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Was it admissable for the court of appeals to affirm the dist-: rict court’s conversion of petitioner’s seized cash into cocaine, when there was no evidence that the currency was the proceeds of or a otherwise linked to a drug transaction.
Docket Entries
2018-12-03
Rehearing DENIED.
2018-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-10-25
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2017-12-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 30, 2018)
Attorneys
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent