U.S. v. OBAID

No. 18-56657.

971 F.3d 1095 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tarek OBAID, Claimant-Appellant, Certain Rights to and Interests in Shares of Series D Preferred Stock in Palantir Technologies, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Rivkin (argued), Jonathan R. Barr , Lee A. Casey , Mark W. DeLaquil , Elizabeth Price Foley , and Andrew M. Grossman , Baker Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan B. New , Baker Hostetler LLP, New York, New York; for Claimant-Appellant.

Joshua L. Sohn (argued), Trial Attorney; Woo S. Lee , Deputy Chief; Deborah Connor , Chief; Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; L. Ashley Aull , Chief, Criminal Appeals Section; Nicola T. Hanna , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David L. Zifkin , Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Santa Monica, California; Matthew L. Schwartz , Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, New York; for Amicus Curiae Qentas Holdings.

Dissent by Judge Ikuta.


OPINION

Appellant-claimant Tarek Obaid (Obaid) appeals the district court's order denying his motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and for lack of proper venue in this civil forfeiture case involving his shares of stock in Palantir Technologies (Palantir), a corporation with its principal place...

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