No. 19-970

Retail Ready Career Center, Inc. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)
Tags: 5th-amendment civil-forfeiture constitutional-counterclaims due-process fifth-amendment in-rem in-rem-proceeding seizure-of-funds sovereign-immunity
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-06-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the United States have complete immunity from constitutional counterclaims asserted in an in rem civil forfeiture case initiated by the United States?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the United States have complete immunity from constitutional counterclaims asserted in an in rem civil forfeiture case initiated by the United States? 2. Does the seizure of funds from a bank account without notice and a hearing violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when Congress has provided for injunctions and restraining orders as an alternative?

Docket Entries

2020-06-15
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-05-21
Reply of petitioner Retail Ready Career Center, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2020-05-08
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2020-04-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 8, 2020.
2020-04-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 4, 2020 to May 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 4, 2020.
2020-03-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 3, 2020 to May 4, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States of America filed.
2020-02-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 3, 2020.
2020-02-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2020 to April 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-02-05
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Retail Ready Career Center, Inc.
2020-01-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)

Attorneys

Retail Ready Career Center, Inc.
Jack George Breffney Ternan Jr.Ternan Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
Jack George Breffney Ternan Jr.Ternan Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States of America
Caleb A. DavisKane Russell Coleman Logan PC, Amicus
Caleb A. DavisKane Russell Coleman Logan PC, Amicus