Legal Opinion

Rafael Alvarez-Valencia v. Drug Enforcement Administration

District Court, M.D. Alabama

Decided July 16, 2026No. 2:23-cv-00407Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION RAFAEL ALVAREZ-VALENCIA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CASE NO. 2:23-cv-00407-BL ) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ) ADMINISTRATION, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER On June 23, 2023, Plaintiff Rafael Alvarez-Valencia (“Alvarez-Valencia”) brought this action seeking the return of property that agents with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) seized from his residence on February 28, 2019, including $7,725.00 U.S. Currency, a 2014 Ford F-150 Supercrew, and a 2013 Ford F-150 STX. (Doc. 1 at 5).…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Federal Deposit Insurance v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982

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