| 25-755 |
The Society of Apostolic Church Ministries Bishop, Elizabeth Gardner Corporation Sole and Her Successors v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
church-autonomy church-property first-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-interference ministerial-exemption property-seizure religious-freedom-restoration-act |
Whether the government violated the First Amendment, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and Ministerial Exemption by seizing church property through a… |
| 25A616 |
Harriet Nicholson v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka Bank of New York, Trustee for the Certificate Holders of CWMBS, Inc., CWMBS Reforming Loan Remic Trust Certificates Series 005-R2 |
Second Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Application |
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certiorari constitutional-rights emergency-application pro-se property-seizure time-extension |
Whether a pro se litigant facing state enforcement actions and medical complications can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari… |
| 25A611 |
Paul Kenneth Cromar v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-24 |
Application |
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criminal-statute pro-se-petition property-seizure statutory-interpretation tax-law tenth-circuit |
Whether 26 U.S.C. § 7212(b) criminalizes interference with property seized under federal tax law in a manner that exceeds the statute's plain textual … |
| 25A148 |
Harry Barnett v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-08-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution probable-cause property-seizure section-1983 warrantless-arrest |
Whether a police officer's warrantless arrest based on probable cause arising from a good faith belief that property was stolen constitutes a valid Fo… |
| 24A1276 |
Andrew Grimm v. City of Portland, Oregon |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-06-24 |
Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-rights due-process mullane-test predeprivation-notice property-seizure technology-communication |
Whether the Due Process Clause requires meaningful predeprivation notice of government property seizure when alternative notification methods are tech… |
| 24-7002 |
In Re Clifford L. Noll |
|
2025-04-16 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
debt-collection due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment fourth-amendment property-seizure |
Whether the unwarranted seizure of real properties and personal savings by the United States violated the petitioner's Fourth and Fifth Amendment righ… |
| 24-6806 |
Torrey-Tyree Lewis v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society |
Pennsylvania |
2025-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure procedural-due-process property-seizure replevin |
Does the seizure of all the Petitioners' belongings, without providing notice or obtaining consent, and based on a writ that wasn't addressed to the P… |
| 24-833 |
Aklilu Yohannes v. Olympic Collection Inc. (OCI), et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-challenge due-process garnishment-statute pre-deprivation-hearing property-seizure state-actor |
Whether Washington's garnishment statute is unconstitutional for lack of pre-deprivation procedural safeguards and whether attorneys issuing garnishme… |
| 24-6405 |
Sidney Joseph v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
due-process federal-enforcement property-seizure restitution separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Does the Fifth Circuit's interpretation of 'all other available and reasonable means' in 18 U.S.C. § 3664(m)(1)(A)(ii) violate statutory interpretatio… |
| 24-360 |
Sikousis Legacy, Inc., et al. v. B-Gas Limited, aka Bepalo LPG Shipping Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
admiralty-jurisdiction attachment-case equitable-principles judicial-discretion maritime-law property-seizure |
Whether a court exercising jurisdiction in an admiralty attachment case may apply hard-and-fast rules that limit or curtail its equitable discretion b… |
| 24-326 |
Ricardo Devengoechea v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
Third Circuit |
2024-09-20 |
Denied |
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circuit-conflict commercial-activity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act implied-waiver judgment-execution property-seizure |
Whether the standard for determining a foreign country's implied waiver of execution immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act is an objecti… |
| 24-5251 |
Keith Vernon Davis v. David Close, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
counsel-conflict due-process judicial-determination probable-cause property-seizure sixth-amendment |
Whether an independent judicial determination of probable cause was made prior to entry and seizure of property, and whether the trial court erred in … |
| 23-1110 |
Gerald S. Ostipow, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Royetta L. Ostipow v. William L. Federspiel |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-12 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment just-compensation property-rights property-seizure taking takings |
Does the non-return and indefinite retention of non-forfeited private property (or its monetary equivalent), when initially seized for a criminal inve… |
| 23A722 |
Luis Sanchez, et al. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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article-iii-standing civil-forfeiture concrete-injury pleading-amendment property-seizure section-853(n) |
Whether a timely-filed Section 853(n) civil forfeiture petition can be amended when the government identifies a pleading deficiency and whether an int… |
| 23-6465 |
Lewis Slaughter v. New York |
New York |
2024-01-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure due-process judicial-process legal-petition notice opportunity-to-be-heard property-seizure supreme-court takings |
Whether the petitioners' due process rights were violated by the government's failure to provide adequate notice and opportunity to be heard before se… |
| 23A604 |
Zehava Friedman, et al. v. Republic of Hungary, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
foreign-sovereign-immunities holocaust-survivors international-law jurisdiction property-seizure world-war-two |
Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act permits Holocaust survivors to bring claims against a foreign state for property seizures during World Wa… |
| 23-6145 |
Daniel E. Salley v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process internal-revenue-service mental-competency mental-health-defense property-rights property-seizure statute-of-limitations tax-law treasury-offset-program |
Whether a college graduate and successful businessman owner of a small accounting firm, who prevailed in several audits at the Internal Revenue Servic… |
| 23-6032 |
James William Thomas, III v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment common-law-presumption-of-ownership fourth-amendment property-seizure reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure search-warrant standing trespassory-test |
Whether a defendant has standing to challenge the search of property seized from his residence |
| 23-5898 |
Christian Hayward v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection privacy-interest property-seizure search-and-seizure standing texas-v-brown united-states-v-place |
Did the lower court violate due-process and/or equal-protection by failing to recognize Hayward's privacy-possessory-interest and standing to challeng… |
| 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 |
| 22-7602 |
James Franklin Snyder v. Idaho |
Idaho |
2023-05-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process judicial-review police-misconduct property-seizure qualified-immunity standing state-court-jurisdiction |
Whether officers can lie about probable cause to obtain a warrant and search a vehicle without consent |
| 22-6631 |
Larry Welenc v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2023-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure due-process internal-revenue-service irs notice-of-intent property-rights property-seizure seizure tax-law tax-levy taxpayer-rights |
Can the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service issue a NON Final Intent of Notice for immediate payment of Amount Due, to be paid within a deadl… |
| 22-603 |
Jevarreo Kelley-Lomax v. City of Chicago, Illinois |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bailee-duty bailment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment pre-trial-detention property-rights property-seizure |
Whether the refusal to return lawfully seized property implicates the Fourth Amendment |
| 22-6305 |
Kaleb L. Basey v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment campbell-ewald civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fourth-amendment government-liability property-rights property-seizure rule-41g standing |
Whether a person seeking return of illegally-seized property under Fed. R. Crim. P. Rule 41(g) has an absolute right to reject the government's offer … |
| 22-427 |
William Verrinder v. City of Lewiston, Maine |
Maine |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment due-process fourteenth-amendment hearing-fee municipal-law notice-of-violation property-rights property-seizure statutory-fines |
Whether the City of Lewiston, Maine can require the Petitioner to pay a fee to buy a hearing or defend himself |
| 22-5772 |
Rollie Andre Lott v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appeal-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process hearing-request inmate-mail-system property-forfeiture property-seizure seizure-and-forfeiture |
Whether the petitioner was denied due process and constitutional rights when the lower court ignored the petitioner's request for a hearing regarding … |
| 21-8071 |
Brala Beverly v. Riverside County Public Administrator, et al. |
California |
2022-06-07 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial probate-court property-seizure seventh-amendment standing |
Did the California Riverside County Superior Court and Fourth Appellate District Division Two in California violate the seventh amendment of the U.S. … |
| 21-7502 |
William Dallas Elmore v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conflict-among-courts constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement personal-property property-seizure seizure unreasonable-search |
Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit an unreasonable and ongoing seizure of personal property? |
| 21-7319 |
Abraham A. Augustin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ancillary-jurisdiction civil-action criminal-investigation due-process equity federal-court property-seizure return-of-property rule-41(g) rule-41g |
Whether the United States indictment of a defendant created ancillary jurisdiction over the property |
| 21-898 |
Blake Conyers, et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment inventory-search municipal-policy property-rights property-seizure |
May a municipality, consistent with the Fourth and Fifth Amendments and pursuant to an explicit policy, destroy or sell property seized during the inv… |
| 21-5384 |
William A. Masters v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process executive-taking fourteenth-amendment property-rights property-seizure standing state-remedies takings |
Must a Citizen exhaust his State's remedies before filing in the Federal Court for a decision upon a Constitutional issue? |
| 20-7771 |
Anthony J. Bator v. David Nilsson, et al. |
California |
2021-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process legal-jurisdiction property-rights property-seizure siskiyou-county supreme-court-rulings takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights, including property rights, were violated by the wrongful taking of his property without due process of… |
| 20-7560 |
Hakim Jakuin Morris v. Jocelyn B. Cate, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-law due-process equal-protection property-rights property-seizure standing strict-scrutiny |
Why was I denied Substantive & Procedural Due Process to challenge the validity of the alleged claims made by DMV, DSS and court officials? |
| 20-7027 |
Susanne Stephanie Nikola Kynast v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-02-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights custodia-legis due-process evidence evidence-custodian motion-to-suppress nolle-prosequi property property-seizure search-and-seizure writ-of-mandamus |
Is Petitioner entitled to the return of property taken as evidence without a warrant and held in custodia-legis subsequent to a motion-to-suppress in … |
| 20-460 |
Richard E. Boggs v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment administrative-determination due-process fifth-amendment irs property-seizure tax-liability withholding-certificate |
Did the IRS deprive the petitioner of his Constitutional Fifth Amendment right to due process? |
| 20-5690 |
Darrick Michael Loff v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-tampering false-arrest fourth-amendment law-enforcement malicious-prosecution probable-cause property-seizure search-and-seizure warrantless-search |
Whether the arresting officer had permission to enter and search the appellant's family property, and whether it was legal for the officer to accept a… |
| 20-151 |
Joe Blessett v. Beverly Ann Garcia |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-13 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-law due-process federal-contract federal-court-jurisdiction homestead-exemption property-seizure standing title-iv-d |
Question not identified |
| 20-5260 |
In Re Kenton G. Findlay |
|
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
11-usc-362 14th-amendment 5th-amendment bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay constitutional-violation court-jurisdiction due-process foreclosure property-seizure |
Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protection of the 5th and 14th Amendments… |
| 19-8277 |
Abraham A. Augustin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ancillary-jurisdiction bivens-action civil-procedure constructive-possession criminal-investigation criminal-procedure fed-r-crim-p-16 fed-r-crim-p-41 jurisdiction property-seizure |
Whether the district court had ancillary jurisdiction over property seized during the criminal investigation |
| 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… |
| 19-1021 |
Micah Jessop, et al. v. City of Fresno, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-18 |
Denied |
Amici (12)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-misconduct property-rights property-seizure qualified-immunity search-and-seizure search-warrant seizure |
Whether it is clearly established that the Fourth Amendment prohibits police officers from stealing property listed in a search warrant |
| 19-494 |
David Zachary Morgan v. Washington |
Washington |
2019-10-17 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment government-search plain-view-doctrine plain-view-exception probable-cause property-seizure search-and-seizure warrant-requirement |
Whether a government official who would like to seize someone's personal property, and has both probable cause and the time to obtain a warrant, must … |
| 19-5365 |
Michael Joseph DeMarco, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
color-of-state-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct prisoner-rights property-rights property-seizure retaliation witness-defense |
Whether a prisoner has due process and equal protection under the Constitution |
| 18-1466 |
County of Sonoma, California, et al. v. Rafael Mateos Sandoval, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment constitutional-rights continued-detention detention due-process fourth-amendment lawful-seizure monell-liability municipal-liability property-rights property-seizure public-safety section-1983 seizure vehicle-impound |
Whether the Fourth Amendment can be violated by the government's mere continued detention of property even though its full-blown seizure satisfied the… |
| 18-1339 |
Mark Anthony Fornesa, et al. v. Fifth Third Mortgage Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
' 'appeals' ' 'bankruptcy-law" ' 'civil-rights" ' 'constitutional-law" ' 'foreclosure" ' 'fraud" automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay constitutional-rights constitutional-validity constitutional-violation damages debtor-rights eviction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud fraud-allegation mortgage-dispute mortgage-law property-seizure |
Unlawful seizure of debtor's property during bankruptcy without relief from stay, fraud against the United States, violation of 4th and 7th Amendment … |
| 18-8478 |
Sheila Halousek v. Yuba County Animal Care Services |
California |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process notice-requirement privacy property-rights property-seizure redress seizure |
Violation of due process rights, seizure of private property |
| 18-7615 |
Michael Alexander Bacon v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-split criminal-justice-process criminal-procedure evidentiary-inquiry fact-finding factual-dispute federal-rule-41 federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-41(g) government-possession post-conviction-motion property-return property-seizure rule-41g seized-property |
What evidentiary inquiry is required when the government responds to a post-conviction motion under Rule 41(g) by asserting that it lacks physical pos… |
| 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 |