| 25-401 |
Alexander Carter, et al. v. Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff, Cook County, Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-provisions due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment government-seizure property-rights |
Whether the Fourth Amendment protects an individual's property rights after the government has lawfully seized property, and whether the Due Process C… |
| 25-95 |
Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-24 |
Granted |
Amici (26) |
excessive-fine fair-market-value fifth-amendment government-seizure property-rights takings-clause |
Whether taking and selling a home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violates the Takings Clause of the… |
| 24-6044 |
Antonio Shropshire v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure government-seizure sixth-amendment testimonial-autonomy trial-preparation |
Were Shropshire's Sixth Amendment rights violated by the government's seizure of trial preparation documents and interference with his testimonial aut… |
| 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… |
| 22-1149 |
Pacific Carlton Development Corp., et al. v. New York State Urban Development Corporation, dba Empire State Development Corporation |
New York |
2023-05-26 |
Denied |
|
certificate-of-occupancy certificates-of-occupancy due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment government-regulation government-seizure property-rights takings |
Are government-issued attributes of private property entitled to constitutional protection under the Fifth Amendment when seized via eminent domain? |
| 22-237 |
Sandra K. Nieveen v. TAX 106, et al. |
Nebraska |
2022-09-13 |
GVR |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines government-seizure just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-sale |
Does the government violate the Takings Clause when it confiscates property worth more than the debt owed by the owner? |
| 22-160 |
Kevin L. Fair v. Continental Resources, et al. |
Nebraska |
2022-08-22 |
GVR |
Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
due-process equity-forfeiture excessive-fine excessive-fines government-seizure just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-foreclosure |
Does the government violate the Takings Clause when it confiscates property worth more than the debt owed by the owner? |
| 21-5617 |
Akube Wuromoni Ndoromo v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment amendment-protections civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment government-seizure |
Does the Federal Government have the authority to seize individuals' bank accounts? |
| 21-5321 |
Jerome Kieffer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cell-phone-privacy civil-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech government-seizure standing |
Whether the unconstitutionally vague language of 18 USC 1001 applies to 18 USC 1343(a)(1) |
| 20-7008 |
Bradley Dearborn v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process government-seizure property-rights standing |
Whether the government's warrantless seizure and indefinite retention of a person's personal property violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on u… |
| 20-7002 |
Ryan C. Lander v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment free-speech government-seizure plea-bargaining search-and-seizure warrantless-search |
Is it constitutional to prosecute citizens for cybercrime under the interstate-commerce clause |
| 20-6495 |
Michael Alford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment government-seizure personal-property property-return property-rights riley-v-california search-and-seizure |
Whether the court erred in refusing to return personal property |
| 20-567 |
Ohio, ex rel. Elliot Feltner v. Cuyahoga County Board of Revision, et al. |
Ohio |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
due-process equity-windfall government-seizure just-compensation property-rights surplus-equity takings-clause tax-delinquency |
Does the Takings Clause require compensation when government confiscates property worth far more than the debt owed, keeping the surplus value as a wi… |
| 19-1113 |
Peter R. Rumbin v. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-dismissal due-process equitable-estoppel government-seizure plaut-v-spendthrift-farms property-rights standing takings u.s.-government-v.-espinosa |
Whether the courts should overrule the decision of the District Court of Connecticut |
| 19-7552 |
Joseph Michael Guarascio v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights compensation constitutional-violation digital-data digital-evidence due-process evidence-retention government-seizure law-enforcement property-rights |
Can the government retain indefinitely petitioner's seized business and personal electronic files, digital data and other physical property? |
| 18-7524 |
Roger L. Harrison, Jr., et al. v. Charlotte H. Huggins, et al. |
Illinois |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process government-seizure indigent-rights necessary-parties petition-clause petition-for-redress petition-rights recusal seizure-of-property standing takings trust-property |
Whether due process allows the denial of the right to petition the government for redress of grievances due to lack of funds to pay court costs and fe… |
| 18-405 |
Shabnam Dastmalchian v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-immunity government-overreach government-seizure innocent-third-party property-rights takings third-party-property |
Whether the interplay of the Constitution, Fed.R.Crim.P.7(c)(2), and 21 U.S.C. § 853 allow government employees to seize an innocent third party Calif… |
| 18-195 |
William S. Poff v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
GVR |
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exemption exemptions federal-seizure-law government-seizure incarceration-payments mandatory-victims-restitution-act restitution restitution-enforcement seizure service-connected-disability statutory-exemption statutory-interpretation substantial-resources veterans-disability-benefits |
Whether veterans disability benefits paid to an incarcerated individual constitute 'substantial resources' that can be seized under the Mandatory Vict… |