criminal-forfeiture

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24A554 Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-05 Presumed Complete criminal-forfeiture cryptocurrency digital-property indigent-prisoner pro-se rule-41g Whether digital cryptocurrency can constitute property subject to criminal forfeiture and what constitutes sufficient notice for return of property un…
23-5756 David Davalos, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-forfeiture criminal-law due-process Fifth-Circuit forfeiture Honeycutt-v-United-States property-rights property-seizure statutory-interpretation tainted-property Whether Honeycutt-v-United-States-requires-limiting-forfeiture-to-tainted-property-defendant-actually-acquired
23-160 Francisco Dario Mora v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2461 criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process government-seizure property-rights statutory-interpretation substitute-property temporary-possession Whether the Government may require criminal defendants under 28 U.S.C. § 2461 to forfeit their own property as a substitute for objects they temporari…
22-7386 Louis McIntosh, aka Lou D v. United States Second Circuit 2023-04-27 Judgment Issued Amici (2)IFP appellate-courts commerce-clause criminal-forfeiture federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction rule-32.2 sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may enter a criminal forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Rule 32.2, Fed.R.Crim.P.
22-652 Pavel Ivanovich Lazarenko v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split criminal-forfeiture procedural-safeguards statutory-interpretation substitute-property tainted-property untainted-property Whether property can be forfeited as substitute property under § 853(p) without first determining whether it is tainted or untainted
22-5534 Glenn A. Chin v. United States First Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-forfeiture criminal-sentencing due-process mens-rea reckless-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tax-withholding u.s.s.g.-2b1.1 Did the District Court clearly err in finding that the defendant's conduct involved a reckless risk of death or serious bodily injury, triggering a se…
22-56 101 Houseco, LLC v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-forfeiture due-process parklane-hosiery property-rights standing third-party-claimant Whether a third-party claimant holding title to property that has been ordered forfeited as part of a criminal defendant's punishment must be permitte…
22-17 Vaxima, Inc., et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2461 breach-of-contract criminal-conviction criminal-forfeiture honeycutt-decision honeycutt-v-united-states indictment statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal forfeiture judgment against Petitioners is permitted under Honeycutt
21-1600 Jian-Yun Dong, aka John Dong v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2461c asset-seizure breach-of-contract contract-breach criminal-forfeiture federal-criminal-law honeycutt-precedent honeycutt-v-united-states ownership-interest personal-gain statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal forfeiture judgment is permitted under Honeycutt v. United States
21-8121 Leila Varetta Hector, aka Leila Varretta Hector, aka Leila Varetta Hector-Dykes, aka Rita Hector v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-853 circuit-court-decision constitutional-law criminal-forfeiture forfeiture forfeiture-award honeycutt-precedent honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability statutory-interpretation Whether the imposition of joint and several liability on a forfeiture award under 21 U.S.C. § 853(a) violates the Court's holding in Honeycutt v. Unit…
21-7673 Dimitar Petlechkov v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-853 circuit-split criminal-forfeiture forfeiture-law money-judgment personal-money-judgment statutory-interpretation substitute-assets Can a district court order forfeiture of substitute assets far in excess of the personal money judgment balance owed?
21-5936 Allen Fong v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment criminal-forfeiture in-personam-forfeiture jury-trial reasonable-doubt statutory-authority Whether the Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt any fact necessary to the imposition of a mandatory crimi…
21-5064 Brandi Channon and Matthew Channon v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-981 criminal-forfeiture forfeiture in-personam in-personam-order joint-and-several-liability joint-liability money-judgment rewards-fraud statutory-forfeiture statutory-interpretation Does § 981(a)(1)(C) permit the entry of an in personam money judgment in lieu of tainted property?
20-7940 Khaled Elbeblawy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-forfeiture due-process fact-finding forfeiture jury-trial restitution sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a jury trial on forfeiture, and whether the Sixth Amendment forbids a judge from finding facts that increase fine…
20-1370 Nidal Ahmed Waked Hatum v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) concealment-money-laundering criminal-forfeiture forfeiture-money-judgment honeycutt-limitation honeycutt-v-united-states mirror-image-transactions money-laundering no-loss-to-bank return-of-tainted-property statutory-interpretation substitute-property tainted-property Whether a criminal defendant's legitimate, untainted property is subject to an extra-statutory forfeiture money judgment or substitute property forfei…
20-7198 Benjamin Edward Henry Bradley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-doctrine criminal-forfeiture honeycutt honeycutt-precedent in-personam-judgment in-personam-money-judgments judge-found-facts jury-finding sixth-amendment Whether a court violates the Sixth Amendment's jury-finding requirements by ordering forfeiture based on judge-found facts
20-714 Stephen A. Saccoccia v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response Waived appellate-review criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture-law gross-disproportionality joint-and-several-liability joint-liability statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the courts of appeal may create exceptions to this Court's finding in Honeycutt v. United States
20-51 Pedro Pete Benevides v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied Response Waived criminal-forfeiture eighth-amendment excessive-fine forfeiture ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines Whether the forfeiture of over $44 million constitutes an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment
19-1344 Lahkwinder Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-forfeiture deprivation-of-livelihood eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause livelihood-deprivation proportionality-analysis sentencing Whether the 'deprivation of livelihood' should be included in the proportionality analysis when determining whether a forfeiture meets the constitutio…
19-8218 Angel Paz-Alvarez v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-853 appeals controlled-substances criminal-forfeiture drug-trafficking due-process standing statutory-interpretation third-party third-party-interest Whether modern criminal forfeiture statutes can be squared with the Due Process Clause and whether petitioner can properly be considered a third-party…
19-7836 Tajuddin Salahuddin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute property property-rights property-seizure restitution restitution-lien seizure third-party third-party-rights When the United States of America seizes innocent third-party property and cash; applies 21 U.S.C 853 to forfeit the property but applies a separate r…
19-7259 John Afriyie v. United States Second Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-forfeiture due-process insider-trading jury-trial libretti-v-united-states sixth-amendment Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming a criminal forfeiture judgment encompassing all potential trades despite a general jury verdict and th…
19-6486 Eduard Bangiyev v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1963 21-usc-853 co-conspirator-liability conspiracy criminal-forfeiture federal-statute personal-possession-or-use proceeds-of-crime property-forfeiture statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-honeycutt Whether the elements that availed the Supreme court decision in United States v. Honeycutt also apply more broadly to the 18 U.S.C.S. 1963 statute
19-6085 Frank Amodeo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii civil-procedure civil-procedure-standing constitutional-standing criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process federal-court-procedure federal-courts jurisdiction jurisdictional-hierarchy non-merits-questions standing standing-requirement Must a federal court resolve standing issues before resolving other dispositive, non-merits questions?
19-6062 Priscilla Daydee Valdez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924d 21-usc-853 28-usc-2461 28-usc-2461c ammunition civil-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture firearms firearms-offense procedural-law statutory-interpretation substitute-assets May a defendant be required to forfeit substitute property in lieu of the firearms and ammunition subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)?
19-16 Allen E. Peithman, Jr., et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (5) 18-usc-981 circuit-split co-conspirator-liability criminal-forfeiture honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) authorize forfeiture imposed jointly and severally among co-conspirators?
18-1336 Walter P. Reed v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response Waived campaign-finance criminal-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture,statute-of-limitations,mail-fr criminal-prosecution custom-and-practice custom-and-practice,federal-mail-fraud,state-law,s due-process federal-law mail-fraud notice state-law statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether the petitioner was denied due process by lack of notice of the federal prosecutors' interpretation of a state campaign finance statute and an …
18-8672 Jack Holden v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-forfeiture criminal-liability due-process mail-fraud scheme-to-defraud separation-of-powers When Congress prescribed the mechanisms available wire-fraud When Congress defined the offenses of mail and wire fraud narrowly to punish only those who devise or intend to devise a scheme to defraud, do courts …
18-7960 Andracos Marshall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-forfeiture due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment honeycutt-v-united-states luis-v-united-states pretrial-restraint pretrial-seizure right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substitute-assets Whether the Government's pretrial criminal forfeiture and seizure of petitioner's untainted substitute assets under 853 has been invalidated based on …
18-5311 Jack Reid v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure drug-forfeiture drug-offenses due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines property-rights property-seizure sentencing standing substantial-connection Whether property subject to forfeiture under 21 U.S.C. §853(a)(2) must have a substantial connection to the underlying criminal activity
18-5111 Lynette Gregory v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-forfeiture drug-case due-process illegal-sentence money-judgment plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-waiver statutory-authorization statutory-maximum Whether a criminal forfeiture in the form of a 'money judgment' is an illegal sentence unauthorized by statute
18-5017 Glenn Lee Selden v. Elizabeth A. Kovachevich, Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-28 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-contract constitutional-provisions criminal-forfeiture due-process false-name-registration government-authority legal-counsel military-appeal national-security standing takings Whether the court will enforce a commercial contract when the United States is under nuclear assault and the public is in grave danger