U.S. v. KIM

Nos. 12-56922, 13-55555, 13-55556.

806 F.3d 1161 (2015)

United States of America, aka Seal A, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher KIM, aka Chris Kim, aka KJ Kim, aka Kyung Joon Kim; Bora Lee; Optional Capital, Inc., aka Optional Ventures; First Stephora Avenue, Inc.; Erica M. Kim; Alexandria Investment, LLC; Se Young Kim; Young Ai Kim, Claimants-Appellees, Law Office of Eric Honig, Intervenor-Appellee, and 475 Martin Lane, Beverly Hills, California, Real Property Located at, aka Seal A, Defendant. United States of America, aka Seal A, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher Kim, aka Chris Kim, aka KJ Kim, aka Kyung Joon Kim; Bora Lee; Optional Capital, Inc., aka Optional Ventures; First Stephora Avenue, Inc.; Erica M. Kim; Alexandria Investment, LLC; Se Young Kim; Young Ai Kim, Claimants-Appellees, Law Office of Eric Honig, Intervenor-Appellee, and 475 Martin Lane, Beverly Hills, California, Real Property Located at, aka Seal A, Defendant. United States of America, aka Seal A, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher Kim, aka Chris Kim, aka KJ Kim, aka Kyung Joon Kim; Bora Lee; Optional Capital, Inc., aka Optional Ventures; First Stephora Avenue, Inc.; Erica M. Kim; Alexandria Investment, LLC; Se Young Kim; Young Ai Kim, Claimants-Appellees, Law Office of Eric Honig, Intervenor-Appellee, and 475 Martin Lane, Beverly Hills, California, Real Property Located at, aka Seal A, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2015.

Amended November 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Briggs , (argued), John E. Lee , Monica E. Tait , Assistant United States Attorneys, Thomas J. Clark , Supervisory Attorney, Gilbert S. Rothenberg , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn Keneally , Assistant Attorney General, for Plaintiff-Appellant United States of America.

Eric Honig (argued), Law Offices of Eric S. Honig, Marina Del Rey , CA, for Intervenors-Appellees.

John D. Cline , San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, N. RANDY SMITH, and ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The Opinion filed August 13, 2015 [797 F.3d 696], is amended as follows:

Slip opinion page 19 [797 F.3d at 706]: after <we see no reason to place statutory attorney's fees awards beyond the reach of the Act.> add the following as a footnote: <Jurisdiction over claims against the United States is generally given to the Court of Federal Claims. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 1491(a). Nevertheless...

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