UNITED STATES v. $4,480,466.16 IN FUNDS

No. 18-10801.

936 F.3d 233 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. $4,480,466.16 IN FUNDS SEIZED FROM BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT ENDING IN 2653 Defendant, Retail Ready Career Center Incorporated, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 22, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly Kristyne Chapman , Northern District of Texas, Dallas, United States District Court, Leigha Amy Simonton , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jack Ternan , Ternan Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Plano, TX, for Claimant-Appellant.

Before ELROD, WILLETT, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


In this civil forfeiture proceeding, the United States seized millions of dollars from a Texas vocational school, alleging the funds were the fruits of a scheme to fleece veterans. The school intervened as a claimant, denied the government's allegations, and counterclaimed for constitutional tort damages against...

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