seized-property

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-1064 Michael Prime v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-03-06 Pending Response Waived equitable-defense federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-41 laches motion-for-return prejudice seized-property Whether the government may satisfy the "prejudice" element of the equitable defense of laches by relying on its own voluntary destruction of seized pr…
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 Courts widely recognize the general rule that seized property, other than contraband, should be returned to its rightful owner once criminal proceedin…