No. 25-41

Jan Peters v. Malia M. Cohen, In Her Official Capacity as Chief Fiscal Officer, State Controller of California, and as Trustee of the Unclaimed Property Fund

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment takings-clause unclaimed-property
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Takings FifthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-10-10 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Controller's actions under the California Unclaimed Property Law violate the Due Process and Takings Clauses of the Fourteenth and Fifth Amendments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the Controller’s actions under color of the California Unclaimed Property Law, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code §§ 1300, et seq. (“UPL”), violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because they deprive owners of their property without affording constitutionally adequate notice. 2. Whether the Controller’s actions under color of the California UPL violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment because state employees and their commissioned private auditors seize, sell, and destroy private property without just compensation.

Docket Entries

2025-10-14
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by FK Financial, Inc. DENIED.
2025-10-14
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
2025-09-19
Amicus brief of Mary Bleick, Todd Butler, and Allen Skierski submitted.
2025-08-11
Motion of FK Financial, Inc. for leave to file amicus brief submitted.
2025-08-11
Amicus brief of Mary Bleick, Todd Butler, and Allen Skierski submitted.
2025-08-11
Amicus brief of Choice Plus LLC submitted.
2025-08-11
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by FK Financial, Inc. (Distributed)
2025-08-11
Brief amicus curiae of Choice Plus LLC filed. (Distributed)
2025-08-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-04
Waiver of right of respondent Malia M. Cohen to respond filed.
2025-06-05

Attorneys

Choice Plus LLC
Michael Robert UffermanMichael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Amicus
Michael Robert UffermanMichael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Amicus
FK Financial, Inc.
Shane HaselbarthMarshall Dennehey, P.C., Amicus
Shane HaselbarthMarshall Dennehey, P.C., Amicus
Jan Peters
William Wayne PalmerPalmer Law Group, a PLC, Petitioner
William Wayne PalmerPalmer Law Group, a PLC, Petitioner
Malia M. Cohen
Sharon L. O'GradyCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Sharon L. O'GradyCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Mary Bleick, Todd Butler, and Allen Skierski
Andrew R. WolfGalex Wolf, LLC, Amicus
Andrew R. WolfGalex Wolf, LLC, Amicus