Index of FEAR-List Bulletins
2004

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last update August 4, 2004

December 2004

November 2004

October 2004

September 2004

August 2004

CA: Eureka Ordinance Tabled!, August 4, 2004

MI: Poletown seizures are ruled unlawful, August 4, 2004

ALA statement re: DOJ order to destroy forfeiture documents, August 3, 2004

CA:  Letter to Eureka City Council: "Thou Shall Not Steal", August 3, 2004

Ashcroft Tells Libraries to Destroy Citizen-Friendly Publications two of which are texts of federal Forfeiture statutes, August 2, 2004

CA:  FEAR's letter to Eureka City Council: Eureka City Council Bill No. 731-C.S., August 2, 2004

CA:  Don't carjack Tourists, or parents who take their kids out to the park, August 2, 2004

CA: concerned citizen letter: Opposed to Forfeiture Ordinance, August 2, 2004

CA: letter from concerned citizen re: proposed Eureka forfeiture ordinance, August 2, 2004

CA: Eureka Reporter Op Ed on proposed ordinance, August 2, 2004

CA: Open Letter to the Eureka City Council, August 2, 2004

CA: Help us fight Eureka's proposed forfeiture ordinance!, August 1, 2004

CA: Decision on forfeiture of surety bond, August 1, 2004

July 2004

Boston.com - News - Nation - Order to destroy pamphlets canceled, July 31, 2004

NJ: Institute of Justice press release: YES THEY WILL APPEAL!, July 27, 2004

NJ: Scott Bullock loses round 2 in NJ v. 1990 Ford Thunderbird, July 27, 2004

FTalk: DOJ orders libraries to destroy DOJ publications on forfeiture
, July 27, 2004

Comments on NJ prosecutor's press release in NJ v. 1990 Ford Thunderbird, July 26, 2004

NJ: NJ v. 1990 Ford Thunderbird - Press release from the prosecutor, July 26, 2004

We're still here, July 26, 2004

Join us in fighting the destruction of public documents, July 25, 2004

Librarians vow to fight ordered destruction of public documents, July 24, 2004

Letter ordering libraries to destroy DOJ forfeiture publications, July 24, 2004

DOJ orders libraries to destroy DOJ publications on forfeiture, July 24, 2004

MI:  Money seizure in Lincoln County raises questions about state law, July 10, 2004

LA:  Highway Robbery?, July 10, 2004

RI: The Patriot Act, July 10, 2004

Abuse of the Federal Equitable Sharing ("federal adoption") program, July 7, 2004  (commenting on the article below about GA sheriff's race)

GA: Sheriff's Race Heats Up Over Drug Money, July 7, 2004

June 2004

Robert D. Kephart (1934-2004)
, June 25, 2004

May 2004

Second Circuit Finds Broad "Fugitive" Definition for Civil Forfeiture, May 24, 2004

Could treaty with UK target US founders?, May 19, 2004

April 2004

Big Brother is Watching: Suspicious activity reports, April 28, 2004

U.N. Crime-Fighting Treaty Spells Disaster for America, April 27, 2004

Testing the Boundaries of Eminent Domain, April 22, 2004

Another article about Holy Land Foundation, April 20, 2004

Holy Land Foundation Shut Down, April 20, 2004

Holy Land Foundation forfeiture case
, April 20, 2004

U.S. targets assets of suspected Hamas financiers, April 20, 2004

CA: News on Mark Clausen's oral argument in Cal. Court of Appeal, April 20, 2004

Reply on drug sniffing dogs issue, April 19, 2004

News media is requesting victim stories, April 19, 2004

CALIFORNIA:  Frances Plante-Scott recalls events from 1992 when her husband, Donald Scott,was killed . . ., April 1, 2004

CALIFORNIA: Police raid innocent citizens because of high electric bills, April 1, 2004

March 2004

A subscriber comments on New Hampshire article re: Merrimack police building gym with forfeiture revenue, March 29, 2004

NEW JERSEY: Scott Bullock's brief and the trial court opinion are now on FEAR website, March 29, 2004

NJ: Oral argument in Scott Bullock's challenge to forfeiture law to occur on 3/31/04 , March 26, 2004, Institute for Justice press release

FEAR-Talk: Re: looking for a bit of help re: gov't's duty, if any, to ID & notify potential claimants, March 26, 2004

VA: "Police seize 'drug house'" from innocent buyer, March 25, 2004, link to article

FEAR: Announcing new FEAR-List feature: "Important Forfeiture Decisions,"  March 25, 2004

FEAR: Important Forfeiture Opinion: U.S. v. Bearden
(8th Cir. 2003) - standing/ownership, March 25, 2004

FEAR: Important Forfeiture Decision: U.S. v. Pease
(11th Cir. 2003) - criminal forfeiture & sentencing, March 25, 2004

COLORADO: "Boulder City gets confiscated items; Online sales include airport screeners' booty,"  March 25, 2004, link to article

CALIFORNIA: "ALAMEDA COUNTY/Judge pleads no contest to misdemeanor/He may face probe, reassignment," March 20, 2004

"Stealing Private Property With Public Dollars,"  March 19, 2004, link to article on eminent domain takings in NY, Conn., NJ, & PA.

CALIFORNIA:  FEAR Board member Mark Clausen wins second major ruling against Cal. forfeiture ordinances!, March 19, 2004

CALIFORNIA: "OAKLAND/Police brass flayed by report/Experts say complaints get low priority," March 17, 2004

NEW HAMPSHIRE:  Merrimack police to build gym with forfeiture revenue, March 15, 2004, link to article

NEW MEXICO:  Albuquerque Journal Opinion page mentions Jody Neal-Post's case, March 15, 2004

FEAR Brief Bank expansion - new rules for access - plea for help, March 15, 2004

UTAH:  Contact Gov. Olene Walker To Veto 2nd Sub. SB 175, Private Property Confiscation!, March 11, 2004

NEW MEXICO: "Man, Never Charged, Sues To Get Money Seized by Cops,"  March 10, 2004, clipping from an Albuquerque Journal article discusses Jody Neal-Post's constitutional challenge to Albuquerque Police Department's practice of seizing property and keeping it without complying with forfeiture procedures.

UTAH Alert: Please help revive Utah's Initiative B forfeiture reform initiative from the legislative repeal, March 7, 2004

Minutes of FEAR Annual Meeting, March 6, 2004

UTAH: SB 175 Referendum to be Filed - Your Assistance is Required!, March 6, 2004

UTAH:  2nd Sub. SB 175 Passes House!, March 3, 2004

UTAH:  2nd Sub. SB 175 (Forfeiture) Is On Board!, March 2, 2004

February 2004

How Clean Is Your Client's Money?, link to article on attorney's fee forfeiture by Diana Digges, Lawyers Weekly USA (Feb. 2004), FEAR-List bulletin February 28, 2004

UTAH: Keep the Heat on 2nd Sub. SB 175!, February 27, 2004

UTAH:  2nd Sub. SB 175 (Forfeiture) May Pass at Any Time!, February 26, 2004

FLORIDA:  WHAT a deal - give up your car, don't go to jail!, February 25, 2004, link to article in St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
"This is just another inappropriate use of the state's forfeiture law. ...We don't stipulate seizure as a condition of not being arrested," said Marianne Pasha ...

UTAH:  2nd Sub. S.B. 175 Passes House Committee! ACT NOW!
, February 25, 2004

FLORIDA: Pinellas Woman Offered No Pot Charges in Return for 1968 Buick, February 25, 2004

January
2004

TENNESSEE: Ex-police employee guilty, Stole drugs and cash from evidence room
,  January 21, 2004, link to article by Chris Conley

ARIZONA: THE BORDER: Smugglers' rides will be crunched: 900 vehicles seized from people traffickers, January 13, 2004, commentary by Leon Felkins, with links to Tucson articles

TEXAS: bulletin about radio show "Racial Bias in the Drug War", January 12, 2004

"PATRIOT Act used to snag Rush Limbaugh? Critics decry misapplication of terror law's money-laundering provisions," January 8, 2004, link to WorldNet Daily article

MONTANA: Marijuana land grab, January 8, 2004 link to article. "Ravalli County authorities arrested a Corvallis man in October following a two-year investigation into his alleged marijuana-growing operation. In addition to seizing more than the felony amount of 50 plants, the sheriff’s office also wants to seize the man’s mother’s property...."

Government Starts eBay-Style Auctions,  January 6, 2004, link to Chicago CBS2 article article about how U.S. Marshal Service on-line auctions sell forfeited property for a song.

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