United States District Judge Denise J. Casper ruled against the government’s motion to dismiss David House’s suit against the government. House, co-founder of the Bradley Manning Support Network, had his cell phone; laptop; flash drive; and video camera seized, without consent, by…
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
David House survives motion to dismiss on First and Fourth Amendment Claims
Tagged with: Bradley Manning, CBP, Customs, David House, Denise J. Casper, Laptop, seizure, Support Network
Posted in federal
Posted in federal
Massachusetts suit challenges the permanent forfeiture of firearms without due process
Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc. has filed a lawsuit incorporating challenges to a Massachusetts state policy that facilitates firearm forfeitures without affording full due process considerations. The suit complains that the state has a policy permitting police departments to transfer confiscated guns to…
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Tagged with: Commonwealth Second Amendment, due process, Firearms, forfeiture, guns, James Jarvis, Massachusetts, NRA, Robert Crampton, Russell Jarvis, Village Vault
Posted in states
Posted in states
Forfeiture Reform in the Granite State
A forfeiture reform bill has been introduced in the New Hampshire House that would effectively end civil asset forfeiture in the state and provide far greater protections for innocent property owners than the current statute does. HB 1682 eliminates the…
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They can take your money if you put it in a bank, too.
An Alabama convenience store owner (of Maldi Ma Inc dba Palmer’s Quick Stop) has requested a jury trial in the civil action for forfeiture in rem against his defendant property, approximately $107,000, seized from his business account. The US Secret Service…
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Tagged with: $107000, 10000, 3000, Alabama, civil forfeiture, CTR, Currency Reporting, FFIEC, Fincen, Money Laundering, Patel, The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, US Secret Service, Vijaykuma Patel
Posted in federal
Posted in federal
US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) blasts NOAA forfeiture fund abuses in letter to Commerce Secretary Bryson
Last week, US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) wrote a letter to Commerce Secretary John Bryson requesting a formal and direct meeting between House and Senate Appropriations and Oversight Committees, Commerce Dept. officials, NOAA officials, and representatives from the Office of…
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Tagged with: Commerce Department, Dale Jones, Delaware, John Bryson, Maine, Massachusetts, NOAA, Scott Brown, Susan Collins, Tom Carper
Posted in federal
Posted in federal
FinCEN has announced that it is considering new regulations that could imperil the assets of millions of Americans
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced that it is considering requiring disclosure rules that could effect millions of Americans. The scariest proposal is that would require financial institutions to require disclosure from “all entities that are established or organized under…
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Tagged with: Chapter 31, civil forfeiture, Criminal Forfeiture, Failure to report, Fincen, Prepaid, prepaid phone, reporting requirements
Posted in federal
Posted in federal
After rewarding his drug cops with shiny coins, NOLA police superintendent Ronal Serpas is puzzled by death of unarmed man in Wednesday pot raid
Remember Ronal Serpas, the New Orleans Police Chief (now superintendent) who used his federal drug asset forfeiture funds to buy shiny “Challenge Coins” from Odgen, Utah firm Symbol Arts? In June 2011 Serpas explained that the “challenge coins” were meant…
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Tagged with: Jared Francom, Joshua Colclough, Louisiana, Matthew Stewart, New Orleans, Ogden, Ronal Serpas, Utah, Wendell Allen
Posted in Drug War, federal, states
Posted in Drug War, federal, states
Reforming the Lacey Act
Americans for Forfeiture Reform is pleased to see U.S. Congressman Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) bring the Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act (FOCUS) Act of 2012, H.R. 4171 to the floor of the House of Representatives. Senator Rand Paul (KY) introduced…
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Tagged with: Gibson Guitar, Lace Act, M.D. (GA-10), NOAA, Paul Broun, Rand Paul, Ron Paul
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
