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SUMMARY ORDER Subjects A and D appeal from an order holding them in civil contempt for failing to comply with an earlier order compelling compliance with a grand jury subpoena. Appellants argue that they cannot be compelled to comply with a subpoena that would violate their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. “We review a finding of contempt under an abuse of discretion standard that is more rigorous than usual.” South

ORDER SUSAN G. BRADEN, Chief Judge On August 24, 2017, the Government filed a Notice Of The Status Of Corrective Action, informing the court that the Department of Education’s evaluation teams had completed their review of the revised proposals, and that the evaluation reports were now being prepared and should be finalized within the next few weeks. The Governmen

In the United States Court of Federal Claims No: 17-493 Filed: August 29, 2017 ************************************* ACCOUNT CONTROL * TECHNOLOGY, INC., * * * Plaintiff, * * v. * *

IV. Discussion A. Motion to Dismiss or Stay the Proceedings Due to Nio Although Plaintiff's claims are not precisely the same as the claims in Nio , Defendants argue that Plaintiff's complaint should be either dismissed or stayed, pending the District of Columbia's resolution of Nio , pursuant to the first-to-file rule. (#15 at 1-2.) It is undisputed that Nio

C. The facts surrounding the appointment of the Special Counsel in this case are widely known, but bear repetition in some detail here. On March 20, 2017, then-Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") Director James Comey disclosed that the FBI was in the process of investigating Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election and any potential links or coordination between the Russian government and President Trump's

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : : Plaintiff, : Civil Action No.: 23-2527 (RC) : v. : Re Document No.: 9

26 U.S.C. § 6231(a)(3). Treasury Regulation § 301.6231(a)(3)-1 further identifies partnership items as the income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of a partnership. *713

OPINION M. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Ladislao Samaniego and Manuel Castro (collectively, Claimants) challenge the government’s seizure of two J.P. Morgan Chase bank accounts in a civil asset-forfeiture action. One account, totaling $446,377.36, was held in the name of Sa-maniego; the other, totaling $361,070.25, in the name of Castro. In a verified complai

Justice KAGAN, dissenting. I find United States v. Monsanto, 491 U.S. 600, 109 S.Ct. 2657, 105

JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge This civil forfeiture proceeding involves sixteen foreign defendant properties collectively worth more than a half billion dollars, multiple litigants who have attempted to assert claims to these assets, and allegations by the United States government of criminal conduct by Nigeria's former de facto President and his associates. This Court has already determined the fate of most of the def

MEMORANDUM OPINION JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge The United States brings this in rem action pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A), seeking forfeiture of sixteen defendant properties alleged to have been part of “an international conspiracy to launder proceeds of corruption in Nigeria during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.” Compl. [ECF No. 1] ¶ 1. Claimants — all relative

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT FOR EMAIL ACCOUNT Redacted MAINTAINED ON COMPUTER SERVERS OPERATED BY GOOGLE, INC. HEADQUARTERED AT 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA Mag. No. 10-291-M-01 APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT FOR EMAIL ACCOUNT Redacted MAINTAINED ON COMPUTER SERVERS OPERATED BY YAHOO!, INC. HEADQUARTERED AT 701 FIRST AVENUE, SUNNYVALE, CA Mag. No. 09-616-M-01 APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT FOR EMAIL ACCOUNT Re

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge. Erick Silva Santos (“Silva”), a Mexican citizen, faces a federal indictment charging money laundering and fraud that he allegedly committed in connection with his tenure as mayor of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Silva had various assets in the United States and Mexico. After his federal indictment, he took flight and has not returned to this count

ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS BETH BLOOM, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Defendant Account Services’ (“Defendant”) Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. [35] (the “Motion”), Plaintiff Nathalie Jimenez’s (“Plaintiff’) Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. [27]. Plaintiff timely filed a Response, ECF No. [36], and Defendant timely filed a reply, ECF No. [37]. For the reasons set forth below

OPINION CLAY, Circuit Judge. In this civil forfeiture action, the United States filed a complaint against numerous bank accounts, as well as three cars and various real properties, asserting that the named properties were either used in the transportation and sale of controlled substances, were used or intended to be used to facilitate drug trafficking,

OPINION CLAY, Circuit Judge. The United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint against numerous bank accounts, as well as three cars and various real properties, asserting that the named properties were either used in the transportation and sale of controlled'substances, were used or intended to be used to facilitate drug trafficking, or were involved in

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge: In this appeal, we must decide whether to recognize, nostra sponte, “plain error” 1 in the legal standards applied by the District Court in concluding that certain funds of the appellant seized by the government were the product of illegal activities and therefore subj

ORDER TIMOTHY C. BATTEN, SR., District Judge. This case comes before the Court on Defendants’ motion to dismiss or in the alternative to lift the stay of proceedings [51].1 As discussed below, the motion will be denied. I. Background This is a civil forfeiture action arising out of both state and federal criminal investig

MEMORANDUM *** Claimant Kathy Tran appeals in part the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the government in this civil forfeiture proceeding. The government seeks forfeiture of over $485,000 in bank accounts, cashier’s checks, and cash that it contends represent proceeds from Tran’s facilitation of fraudulent marriages between U.S. citizens and foreign nationals. In opposition to the governm

549 F.Supp.2d 940 (2008) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. ONE SILICON VALLEY BANK ACOUNT, XXXXXXXXXX, IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUDRED FIFTY-TWO and 62/100 DOLARS ($113,952.62), Defendant. United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Krista L. Kotlarz Watson, a/k/a "Kris Kotlarz," and Paul Nathan Wright, a/k/a "Jacob Might," "P. Nathan Wright," "Nate Wright," Defendants. Nos. L05-CV-29