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UNITED STATES v. APPROXIMATELY $299,873.70 SEIZED

No. 20-11107.

15 F.4th 1332 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. APPROXIMATELY $299,873.70 SEIZED FROM A BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT, ending in the number 5538 held by an individual identified as P.Q., et al., Defendants, Approximately $281,110.00 Seized From an East West Bank Account, ending in the number 2471 held by an individual identified as Z.D., Approximately $297,110.00 Seized From an East West Bank Account, ending in the number 4817 held by an individual identified as W.H., Approximately $249,816.00 Seized From an East West Bank Account, ending in the number 8289 held by an individual identified as H.C., Approximately $299,983.49 Seized From A J.P. Morgan Chase Account, ending in the number 0350 held by an individual identified as L.G., Approximately $278,952.11 Seized From an East West Bank Account, ending in the number 4841 held by an individual identified as M.Y., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: October 13, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher John Bodnar , Scott Alan Gray , U.S. Attorney Service — Southern District of Alabama, U.S. Attorney's Office, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard Earl Shields , Richard E. Shields, Esquire , Mobile, AL, Robert G. Amsel , Ross Amsel Raben Nascimento, PLLC, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants Approximately $281,110.00 Seized From an East West Bank Account, Approximately $297,110.00 Seized From an East West Bank Account, Approximately $249,816.00 Seized From an East West Bank Account, Approximately $299,983.49 Seized From a J.P. Morgan Chase Account.

Theodor Bruening , David Hecht , Minyao Wang , Hecht Partners, LLP, New York, NY, Steven J. Pritchett , Townsend & Lockett, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Approximately $278,952.11 Seized From an East West Bank Account.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, Lagoa, Circuit Judge, and Schlesinger, District Judge.

The main issue on appeal is whether foreign nationals have a constitutional right to enter the United States to attend a civil forfeiture trial involving their property. Several Chinese nationals paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to an expansive, multinational criminal enterprise to obtain immigration visas based...

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