currency-seizure

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-8121 Nikkolas Thompson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP admiralty-rules burden-of-proof civil-asset-forfeiture civil-procedure constitutional-challenge currency-seizure due-process pleading-standards standing Whether the 2000 amendments to the Civil Asset Forfeiture act are constitutional where it requires a Claimant to prove the source of the funds in ques…
18-5011 Xavier Cardona v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review asset-seizure burden-of-proof civil-forfeiture currency-seizure drug-trafficking drug-transaction due-process evidence-standard judicial-conversion procedural-due-process property-rights sentencing-guidelines Was the court of appeals correct in affirming the district court's conversion of the petitioner's seized cash into cocaine when there was no evidence …