Question Presented (AI Summary)
Where a claimant asserts an ownership interest, does the claimant's standing at summary judgment require only some evidence of ownership, or also an explanation of how the claimant acquired ownership?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED In a civil forfeiture action, the government bears the burden of proving that the property it seeks to forfeit is connected to unlawful activity. See 18 U.S.C. § 983(c). Any claimant with a “colorable interest in the property” has standing to file a claim. United States v. Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($17,900.00) in U.S. Currency, 859 F.3d 1085, 1090 (D.C. Cir. 2017). This standard is “very forgiving” to ensure that legitimate claimants can contest the forfeiture of their own property. Id. at 1089-90 (quotation marks omitted). The question presented is: Where a claimant asserts an ownership interest, does the claimant’s standing at summary judgment require only some evidence of ownership, as six circuits hold, or also an explanation of how the claimant acquired ownership, as three circuits hold?
2024-08-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-13
Reply of Battle Born Investments Company, LLC, et al. submitted.
2024-08-13
Reply of petitioners Battle Born Investments Company, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-07-29
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2024-07-29
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-06-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 29, 2024.
2024-06-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 28, 2024 to July 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-05-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 28, 2024.
2024-05-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 29, 2024 to June 28, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-04-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 29, 2024)
2024-03-11
Application (23A816) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 25, 2024.
2024-03-01
Application (23A816) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 11, 2024 to April 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.