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Salgado v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on April 6, 2020

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-659 11th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: (1) Under what circumstances a civil forfeiture claimant "substantially prevail[s]" under 28 U.S.C. § 2465(b)(1); and (2) whether, in civil forfeiture lawsuits, when a district court has ordered the United States to return the seized money and the lawsuit will never be refiled, it is an abuse of discretion for the dismissal to be without prejudice.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/17/2019Application (19A321) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 6, 2019 to November 21, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
09/25/2019Application (19A321) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 21, 2019.
11/19/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2019)
11/26/2019Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Miladis Salgado.
12/05/2019Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
12/17/2019Brief amicus curiae of Law and Economics Scholars filed.
12/17/2019Brief amicus curiae of Practicing Attorneys filed.
12/18/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
12/20/2019Response Requested. (Due January 21, 2020)
12/23/2019Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
01/14/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 21, 2020 to February 20, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
01/15/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 20, 2020.
02/18/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 20, 2020 to February 28, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
02/19/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 28, 2020.
02/28/2020Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
03/16/2020Reply of petitioner Miladis Salgado filed. (Distributed)
03/18/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
04/06/2020Petition DENIED.