Topic
Every decision we've filed under Forfeiture / Penalty.
The Fourth Circuit reversed a district court order confirming a foreign arbitration award because the petition was filed beyond the mandatory three-year statute of limitations under the Federal Arbitration Act. The court remanded the case for further proceedings to enforce the underlying Dutch court judgment under North Carolina law.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed sanctions imposed on German nationals for purchasing finished precious metals from Russia. The court held that acquiring refined gold bars constitutes procuring geological materials under the applicable sanctions regulations.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision rejecting asylum and related relief. The court found the petitioner forfeited key arguments and failed to prove the required nexus between gang threats and his family membership.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a challenge to a state permit indemnification clause. The court held that the clause did not violate the First Amendment and that sovereign immunity barred the state-law claim.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The court held that the appellant forfeited her claims by failing to address the district court's reasoning in her appellate brief.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court order denying a third-party claim to forfeited funds in a health care fraud case. The court held that the third-party claimant lacked standing to challenge the forfeitability of the property.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal by agreement between the parties. The court ordered that each side shall bear its own costs.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Acute, Inc.'s appeals regarding a bankruptcy sale order and a liquidation plan confirmation. The court held that Acute abandoned its challenges to the sale order and forfeited its objections to the confirmation order by failing to raise them in the bankruptcy court.
The Fifth Circuit dismissed an interlocutory appeal by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections officials claiming qualified immunity. The court held that while it could review the legal question of authority under prior precedent, it lacked jurisdiction to resolve the factual disputes regarding the conditions of confinement.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal regarding the forfeiture of real property because the government completed the sale of the subject asset. The court held that the completion of the sale rendered the appeal moot as there was no longer a live controversy to adjudicate.