| 24A554 |
Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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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 |