No. 24-7227

Lonnie Loren Kocontes v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2025-05-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-asset-forfeiture claim-preclusion due-process federal-judgment issue-preclusion state-criminal-prosecution
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Due Process Clause require a state to apply issue and/or claim preclusion to a federal judgment in a state criminal prosecution, and under what circumstances can preclusion standards be applied to civil asset forfeiture judgments?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QlsDoes the Due Process Clause, independent of the Double Jeopardy Clause, require a state to apply issue and/or claim to a federal judgment inpreclusion a state criminal prosecution? If yes, is the state free to apply its law ofQ2:preclusion to a the criminal defen-federal civil asset forfeiture judgment in dent s favor, when the asset forfeiture conduct for which thecase alleged the same state was prosecuting? Q 3:If federal law of must be applied by the state under such circumstances, dc the civil privity standards announced by this Court In Taylor v. Sturgell apply to the federal judgment? (See 553 US 880 (2008).) Q4: Under the applicable federal,common-law rules of issue/claim was there privity such that the judgment by the state?preclusion to the asset forfeiture judgment, between California and the United States barred the award of restitution awarded (i) Kocontes v. California

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 16, 2025)

Attorneys

Lonnie L. Kocontes
Lonnie Loren Kocontes — Petitioner