Legal Opinion
Ordonez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 29, 2012No. 09-56533PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
J. SAMMARTINO, District Judge:
Following Plaintiff-Appellant Galo Alejandro Ordonez’s July 29, 1994, conviction for drug possession with intent to distribute, Ordonez sought the return of his property seized by the government during his arrest pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g). Some of Ordonez’s belongings were returned to his designated agent, but many were not returned, having been inadvertently lost or destroyed. Ordonez then sought equitable relief in the form of money damages to compensate for the missing property. The district court granted the government’s…
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