No. 22-585

Halima Tariffa Culley, et al. v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-23
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (15)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-forfeiture mathews-analysis probable-cause property-rights seizure-hearing speedy-trial takings
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2023-04-14 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause requires a post-seizure probable-cause hearing prior to a statutory judicial-forfeiture proceeding

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In determining whether the Due Process Clause requires a state or local government to provide a post seizure probable cause hearing prior to a statutory judicial forfeiture proceeding and, if so, when such a hearing must take place, should district courts apply the “speedy trial” test employed in United States v. $8,850, 461 U.S. 555 (1983) and Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), as held by the Eleventh Circuit or the three-part due process analysis set forth in Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) as held by at least the Second, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits. ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit No. 21-13805 Halima Tariffa Culley, on Behalf of Herself and Those Similarly Situated, v. Attorney General, State of Alabama, District Attorney of the 13th Judicial Circuit (Mobile County), City of Satsuma, Alabama, Lena Sutton, on Behalf of Herself and Those Similarly Situated as Described Below, PlaintiffAppellant, v. Leesburg, Alabama, Town of, DefendantAppellee, state of Alabama, Date of Final Opinion: July 11, 2022 Date of Rehearing Denial: August 30, 2022 USS. District Court, Southern District of Alabama Civ. Act. No. 1:19-cv-701-TFM-MU Halima Tariffa Culley, Plaintiff, v. Steve Marshall, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants. Date of Final Order: September 29, 2021 USS. District Court, Northern District of Alabama No. 4:20-cv-00091-ACA Lena Sutton, on Behalf of Herself and Those Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Leesburg, Alabama, Et Al., Defendants. Date of Final Order: September 13, 2021

Docket Entries

2024-06-10
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2024-05-09
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-585_k5fm.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined.
2023-10-30
Argued. For petitioners: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.; and Nicole F. Reaves, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
2023-10-02
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2023-09-27
Record from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama received electronically and available with the Clerk.
2023-09-13
2023-09-07
Record from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit available on PACER.
2023-09-06
CIRCULATED.
2023-09-06
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
2023-09-06
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 30, 2023
2023-08-21
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2023-08-21
2023-08-21
2023-08-21
Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association and National League of Cities filed.
2023-08-18
2023-08-14
2023-08-14
2023-06-29
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Cato Institute, and Rutherford Institute filed.
2023-06-29
Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed. (July 6, 2023)
2023-06-29
Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute; Pacific Legal Foundation; Manhattan Institute filed.
2023-06-29
2023-06-29
2023-06-29
Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
2023-06-29
Brief amici curiae of Institute for Justice, Stephanie Wilson and Gerardo Serrano filed.
2023-06-28
2023-06-22
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
2023-06-22
2023-05-04
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 22, 2023. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including granted and the time is extended to and including August 14, 2023.
2023-04-27
Motion of the parties for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2023-04-17
Petition GRANTED.
2023-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-15
Reply of petitioners Halima Tariffa Culley, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-03-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-01
Brief of respondents Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-02-16
2023-02-16
2023-02-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 2, 2023.
2023-02-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2023 to March 2, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-01-20
2023-01-17
Response Requested. (Due February 16, 2023)
2023-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-03
Waiver of right of respondent Town of Leesburg, Alabama to respond filed.
2023-01-03
Waiver of right of respondent City of Satsuma to respond filed.
2023-01-03
Waiver of right of respondents Steven T. Marshall, et al. to respond filed.
2022-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 23, 2023)
2022-11-16
Application (22A428) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 28, 2022.
2022-11-07
Application (22A428) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 28, 2022 to January 12, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Cato Institute, and Rutherford Institute
Abram J. PaffordAppellate Justice Initiative at McGuire Woods LLP, Amicus
Abram J. PaffordAppellate Justice Initiative at McGuire Woods LLP, Amicus
City of Satsuma
Edgar Robert HadenBalch & Bingham LLP, Respondent
Thomas Octavius Gaillard IIIHelmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse, Respondent
Thomas Octavius Gaillard IIIHelmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse, Respondent
Constitutional Accountability Center
Brianne Jenna GorodConstitutional Accountability Center, Amicus
Brianne Jenna GorodConstitutional Accountability Center, Amicus
Goldwater Institute; Pacific Legal Foundation; Manhattan Institute
Timothy Mason SandefurGoldwater Institute, Amicus
Timothy Mason SandefurGoldwater Institute, Amicus
Halima Tariffa Culley
Shay DvoretzkySkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Petitioner
Shay DvoretzkySkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Petitioner
Brian M. ClarkWiggins, Childs, Fisher, Pantazis, & Goldfarb, LLC, Petitioner
Brian M. ClarkWiggins, Childs, Fisher, Pantazis, & Goldfarb, LLC, Petitioner
Institute for Justice, Stephanie Wilson and Gerardo Serrano
Robert Everett JohnsonInstitute for Justice, Amicus
Robert Everett JohnsonInstitute for Justice, Amicus
International Municipal Lawyers Association and National League of Cities
Gilbert Charles DickeyConsovoy McCarthy, PLLC, Amicus
Gilbert Charles DickeyConsovoy McCarthy, PLLC, Amicus
National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc.
Elizabeth Gaudio MilitoNational Federation of Independent Business Legal, Amicus
Elizabeth Gaudio MilitoNational Federation of Independent Business Legal, Amicus
Pacific Legal Foundation
Deborah Joyce La FetraPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Deborah Joyce La FetraPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Restore the Fourth, Inc.
Mahesha Padmanabhan SubbaramanSubbaraman PLLC, Amicus
Mahesha Padmanabhan SubbaramanSubbaraman PLLC, Amicus
State of Georgia, et al.
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Amicus
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Amicus
Steven T. Marshall, et al.
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
The Buckeye Institute
Jay Randall CarsonThe Buckeye Institute, Amicus
Jay Randall CarsonThe Buckeye Institute, Amicus
The Legal Aid Society
Thomas M. O'BrienThe Legal Aid Society, Amicus
Thomas M. O'BrienThe Legal Aid Society, Amicus
The Rutherford Institute
Gregory James DuBoffMcGuireWoods LLP, Amicus
Gregory James DuBoffMcGuireWoods LLP, Amicus
Town of Leesburg, Alabama
Edgar Robert HadenBalch & Bingham LLP, Respondent
Edgar Robert HadenBalch & Bingham LLP, Respondent
Howard Edgar HowardFord, Howard & Cornett, P.C., Respondent
Howard Edgar HowardFord, Howard & Cornett, P.C., Respondent
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Amicus
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Amicus
Wayne County, Michigan
Davidde Alessandro StellaWayne County Corporation Counsel, Amicus
Davidde Alessandro StellaWayne County Corporation Counsel, Amicus