Legal Opinion
United States v. $31,000.00 in U.S. Currency
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 20, 2017No. 16-4279PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
OPINION
The federal law governing civil in rem forfeiture actions gives the government authority to seize items it suspects were used in furtherance of criminal activity and to commence civil in rem proceedings against the property without charging the property’s owner with a crime. See United States v. Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($17,900.00) in U.S. Currency, 859 F.3d 1085, 1087 (D.C. Cir. 2017) (explaining the practice of civil forfeiture); see also Leonard v. Texas, — U.S. -, 137 S.Ct. 847, 848-49, 197 L.Ed.2d 474 (2017) (Thomas, J.)…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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