William Hames v. City of Miami

After oral argument and careful consideration, the judgment of the district court is due to be affirmed. With one exception, we agree with the district court that plaintiffs due process challenge to the state appellate procedures is not ripe. The one exception has to do with the fact that the Third District Court of Appeals has considered and has rejected plaintiffs appeal of the forfeiture decision issued with respect to the Trust. Plaintiff argues in this Court that the state review procedures are unconstitutionally deficient in that the state standard of review would be a miscarriage of…