Revised 4/22/02 by L. Felkins
Note: This index includes topics that will be covered in volume 2, which is
still being written. Any section numbers in chapters 00 through 11 are in volume
1. (The chapter number is the first two digits of the section number.) If the
issue you're trying to research is in volume 2, you might be able to find
something about it in Appendix 1 (CAFRA digested by key word) or Appendix 3
(Glossary) - both of which appear at the end of volume 1.
|
Key word topics |
Section |
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1984 and the War on Drugs |
01A03d |
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5 year statute of limitations |
06D01 |
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Abuses CAFRA did not address |
00A03 |
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Administrative
Claim & Cost Bond, Summary Forfeiture |
10 |
|
Administrative forfeiture |
11A |
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Administrative forfeiture - deadline for notice |
09C02c |
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Administrative forfeiture - dollar limit |
09C01 |
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Administrative forfeiture - judicial review |
11A08 |
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Administrative forfeiture proceedings
deprive court of jurisdiction over motions for return of property |
06C04. |
|
Administrative Procedures Act |
10B04b |
|
Admiralty rules |
00D02 |
|
Affirmative defenses |
13B02 |
|
Aiding and abetting |
02A03a |
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Amendment to pleadings |
13D |
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American Civil War Confiscation Acts |
01A02d |
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Answer |
13B |
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Answer - deadline for filing |
13B01 |
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Answer - in general |
13B01 |
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Answer - service of |
13B06 |
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Appeal |
22H |
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Appeal - final judgment rule |
22H |
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Appeal - government's right to |
22H |
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Appeal - IFP |
22H |
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Appeal - jurisdiction of district court |
22H |
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Appeal - matters not raised below |
22H02 |
|
Appeal - new rules |
22H |
|
Appeal - notice of |
22H |
|
Appeal - standards of review |
22H02 |
|
Appeal, interlocutory |
19K04 |
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Applicability of CAFRA to Patriot Act forfeitures |
00C02 |
|
Applicability of the Bill of Rights to
forfeitures |
01D |
|
Applicability of the entrapment defense in
civil forfeiture cases |
06E05 |
|
Arrest of property |
12C01 |
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Article III standing |
05A01 |
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Asset restraining orders under CAFRA |
08D06 |
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Attempted crimes |
02A03b |
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Attorney - court appointment of |
15A |
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Attorney fees forfeiture |
15X |
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Attorney, release of funds for |
15D |
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Attorney's fee award |
24 |
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Attorney's fee award - Hyde amendment |
24C |
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Attorney's fees - "takings" cases |
24D |
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Attorney's fees - CAFRA |
24A |
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Attorney's fees - circumstances render award unjus |
24B03 |
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Attorney's fees - Civil Rights Act |
24E |
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Attorney's fees - continency fee agreement |
24H04 |
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Attorney's fees - Federal Tort Claims Act |
24F |
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Attorney's fees - fees for fee litigation |
24H05 |
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Attorney's fees - lodestar |
24H02 |
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Attorney's fees - lodestar enhancements |
24H03 |
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Attorney's fees - petition & documentation |
24H01 |
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Attorney's fees - prevailing party |
24B01 |
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Attorney's fees - restraining orders |
08D04 |
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Attorney's fees - Rule 11 |
24G |
|
Attorney's fees - substantially justified |
24B02 |
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Austin: Forfeitures that “serve in part to punish” trigger 8th Amendment proportionality requirement |
01D03 |
|
Bank fraud |
02E03 |
|
Bank Secrecy Act |
17A01c |
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Bankruptcy fraud - 18 U.S.C. § 152 |
02E04 |
|
Basic forfeiture
theories and concepts |
03 |
|
Bennis v.
Michigan: the Supreme Court abandons
innocent owners |
04A |
|
Biblical origin |
01A01a |
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Bifurcated trial (criminal forfeiture) |
21E01 |
|
Bill of attainder - Defense that doesn’t work |
06J02 |
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Boyd: constitutional implications of the quasi-criminal nature of forfeitures |
01D01 |
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Burden of proof |
21C01 |
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CAFRA |
00A |
|
CAFRA - “Relaxing” the government’s statute of limitations |
00A02d |
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CAFRA - "Customs carve-out" |
00B01 |
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CAFRA - abolishes the cost bond in most forfeiture cases |
00A01a |
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CAFRA - Abolition of federal adoption of state forfeitures |
00A03c |
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CAFRA - allows suits for damages to property while detained |
00A01e |
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CAFRA - allows the court to appoint counsel for some indigent claimants |
00A01c |
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CAFRA - applicability |
00B |
|
CAFRA - described |
00A01 |
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CAFRA - effective date |
00B02 |
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CAFRA - Enforcement of foreign forfeiture judgment |
00A02a |
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CAFRA - expanded forfeiture powers for law enforcement |
00A02 |
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CAFRA - Lack of oversight over forfeiture programs |
00A03b |
|
CAFRA - legislative history |
00A |
|
CAFRA - lengthens claimants’ deadlines and imposes some deadlines on the government |
00A01f |
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CAFRA - Mandatory waiver of foreign bank secrecy rights |
00A02c |
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CAFRA - Penalties for secreting assets to avoid seizure |
00A02b |
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CAFRA - property to be returned to owner pending trial on showing of substantial hardship |
00A01d |
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CAFRA - puts the burden of proof on the government |
00A01b |
|
CAFRA - Reports to Congress |
00A03b |
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CAFRA - Requirement of a criminal conviction |
00A03d |
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CAFRA - resolving conflicts with other laws |
00D01 |
|
CAFRA - Statutory procedures |
00D01 |
|
CAFRA - summary of provisions |
00A01 |
|
CAFRA - Taking the income away from the police |
00A03a |
|
CAFRA - why it was passed |
00A |
|
CAFRA repealed “willful blindness” as a
substitute for actual knowledge |
04B05 |
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CAFRA says owner may show lack of knowledge
or consent |
04B03 |
|
CAFRA’s effect on innocent spouses,
dependants and heirs |
04B02 |
|
CAFRA’s effect on marital
property interests |
05D02a |
|
CAFRA’s innocent owner requirements |
04B01 |
|
CAFRA’s uniform innocent owner defense |
04B |
|
CAFRA's Landlord innocent owner defense |
04B04 |
|
Cash & Monetary Instrument Reports (CMIRs) |
02G02 |
|
Cash “furnished or intended to be
furnished” |
03C02d |
|
Catch-all forfeiture statutes §§ 981-982 |
02B |
|
Civil forfeiture |
01B02 |
|
Civil forfeiture for drug offenses – 21 U.S.C. § 881 |
02C01 |
|
Civil forfeiture judgment |
21G |
|
Civil forfeiture vs. criminal forfeiture |
01B |
|
Civil rights challenges to forfeiture procedures |
23D |
|
Claim, administrative (summary) |
10A |
|
Claim, late filing |
13A01c |
|
Claim, verified/judicial |
13A |
|
Claimant |
99 |
|
Closing arguments |
21X |
|
Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) |
00D08 |
|
Collateral attacks on forfeitures |
23 |
|
Collateral estoppel |
20 |
|
Comingling |
03B02 |
|
Commenced, defined |
00B02 |
|
Complaint - "commences" judicial action |
12A |
|
Complaint - deadlines for filing |
12A02b |
|
Complaint - description of property |
12B01b |
|
Complaint - particularity (fraud) |
12B02b |
|
Complaint - particularity (Rule E) |
12B02a |
|
Complaint - probable cause |
12B01c |
|
Complaint - verification (rule C) |
12B01a |
|
Complaint for judicial forfeiture, generally |
12A |
|
Computer fraud - 18 U.S.C. § 1030 |
02E06 |
|
Confrontation clause |
21D01 |
|
Consent where owner had knowledge |
04B03 |
|
Consequences of failure to timely file a claim |
10C |
|
Consolidation of cases |
19I02 |
|
Conspiracy |
02A03c |
|
Constitution of the United States |
00D07 |
|
Constitutional issues regarding the
remission/mitigation process |
11B |
|
Constructive trust |
05D02e02 |
|
Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) |
02C02b |
|
Contraband |
03A |
|
Corporation and business partners as owner |
05D01 |
|
Cost bond |
10B |
|
Cost bond refund |
22C |
|
Costs |
22D |
|
Counterclaims |
13B03 |
|
Credit card fraud - 18 U.S.C. § 1029 |
02E05 |
|
Criminal forfeiture |
01B01 |
|
Criminal forfeiture details of 21 U.S.C. § 853 |
02C02a |
|
Criminal forfeiture provisions of the drug laws |
02C02 |
|
Cross-claim |
13B03 |
|
Cross-examination |
21X |
|
Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) |
02G01 |
|
Customs forfeitures |
02H |
|
Damages to property while detained |
22G |
|
Deadlines for motions/pleadings |
19A |
|
Declaratory judgment |
99 |
|
Default judgment |
14C |
|
Defenses that don’t work |
06J |
|
Deliberate ignorance |
04B05 |
|
Deodands |
01A01b03 |
|
Depositions |
18C04 |
|
Depositions - criminal |
17B05 |
|
Disclosures - FRCvP 26 |
18A |
|
Discovery - Brady material |
17B03 |
|
Discovery - civil |
18 |
|
Discovery - criminal |
17B |
|
Discovery - duty to supplement |
18A05 |
|
Discovery - F.R.Cr.P. 16 |
17B01 |
|
Discovery - motion to compel |
18F01 |
|
Discovery - objections to |
18D |
|
Discovery - protective order |
18D04 |
|
Discovery - protective order |
18F02 |
|
Discovery - sanctions |
18F02 |
|
Discovery objections - tax returns &private papers |
18D03c |
|
Dismissal of action |
19B04 |
|
Dismissal of indictment |
19G |
|
Does CAFRA’s innocent owner defense apply
to all federal forfeiture statutes? |
04C |
|
Dog sniff |
07A04d |
|
Double jeopardy - Defense that doesn’t work |
06J01 |
|
Drug courier profile |
07A04d |
|
Drug offense forfeiture |
02C |
|
Early-American forfeiture law |
01A02c |
|
Effect of assertion of Fifth Amendment |
05C04 |
|
Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause |
06A |
|
Elements of RICO criminal offense |
02I01 |
|
Elements of the offense |
02A02 |
|
England’s Navigation Acts |
01A01c |
|
English common law and forfeiture |
01A01b |
|
Entrapment |
06E |
|
Entrapment by estoppel |
06E04 |
|
Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA") |
24B |
|
Equitable interests that may confer
standing |
05D07 |
|
Equitable remedies |
23A03 |
|
Equitable remedies may give spouses a vested interest in marital property |
05D02e |
|
Evidence - objections |
21C05 |
|
Evidence - official records |
21X |
|
Evidence - prior testimony |
21X |
|
Evidence - privilege |
18D02 |
|
Evidence - privilege |
21C03 |
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Evidence required to submit the entrapment defense
to the jury |
06E01 |
|
Ex parte seizure warrant |
08C02 |
|
Ex post facto |
06G02 |
|
Exclusionary rule |
07A01 |
|
Execution of warrant |
07A03e |
|
Exemplars |
17A01f |
|
Exigent circumstances |
07A04e |
|
Exigent circumstances |
07A04e |
|
Expedited release |
16B |
|
Expert witness - admissibility |
21C04 |
|
Expert witness - discovery |
18A03 |
|
Facilitation |
03C |
|
Facilitation, defined |
03C01. |
|
False affidavit (Franks) |
07A03c |
|
False entry with intent to defraud a bank – 18 U.S.C. § 1006 |
02F02 |
|
False statement on a loan application - 18 U.S.C. § 1014 |
02F01 |
|
False statement to a government agency - 18 U.S.C. § 1001 |
02F03 |
|
False statement to loan officer/gov. official |
02F |
|
Federal adoption |
06C03 |
|
Federal rules of civil procedure |
00D03 |
|
Federal rules of criminal procedure |
00D04 |
|
Federal Tort Claims Act |
23F |
|
Federal vs. state law |
00D06 |
|
Fifth amendment "takings" clause |
06H |
|
Fifth Amendment “takings” of property without just compensation |
01D06 |
|
Fifth amendment privilege |
18D03 |
|
Final order of forfeiture |
22A02 |
|
Financial records |
02E |
|
Financial records |
17A01c |
|
Financial records |
17C01 |
|
Financial transaction reporting violations |
02G |
|
Financial transaction to promote
unlawful activity – 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(A) |
02D01 |
|
Fines & forfeitures |
21F |
|
Firearms forfeiture |
02L |
|
Forfeiture comes to America |
01A02 |
|
Forfeiture comes to America: Colonial times |
01A02a |
|
Forfeiture comes to America: The American
Revolution |
01A02b |
|
Forfeiture of estate, “attainder” in
English Common Law |
01A01b01 |
|
Fourth Amendment |
07 |
|
Fourth Amendment - airport search |
07A04d |
|
Fourth Amendment - arrest |
07A04a |
|
Fourth Amendment - arrest warrant |
07A04a |
|
Fourth Amendment - automobile exception |
07A04c |
|
Fourth Amendment - border search |
07A04d |
|
Fourth Amendment - challenging warrant |
07A03 |
|
Fourth Amendment - checkpoints |
07A04d |
|
Fourth Amendment - consent search |
07A04g |
|
Fourth Amendment - containers |
07A02 |
|
Fourth Amendment - curtilage |
07A02 |
|
Fourth Amendment - effect of illegal seizure |
07A01 |
|
Fourth Amendment - flyovers |
07A04h |
|
Fourth Amendment - Franks |
07A03c |
|
Fourth Amendment - fruit of poisonous tree |
07C |
|
Fourth Amendment - good faith exception |
07A03d |
|
Fourth Amendment - hot pursuit |
07A04e |
|
Fourth Amendment - inevitable discovery |
07A04h |
|
Fourth Amendment - informant's tip |
07A03a01 |
|
Fourth Amendment - inventory search |
07A04c |
|
Fourth Amendment - knock & announce |
07A03e |
|
Fourth Amendment - open fields |
07A02 |
|
Fourth Amendment - plain view |
07A04f |
|
Fourth Amendment - pretext search |
07A04c |
|
Fourth Amendment - probable cause |
07A03a |
|
Fourth Amendment - search incident to arrest |
07A04a |
|
Fourth Amendment - search warrants |
07A03 |
|
Fourth Amendment - standing |
07A02 |
|
Fourth Amendment - suppression hearing |
19F02 |
|
Fourth amendment - suppression motions |
19F01 |
|
Fourth Amendment - Terry stop |
07A04b |
|
Fourth Amendment - thermal imaging |
07A02 |
|
Fourth Amendment - traffic stop |
07A04c |
|
Fourth Amendment - waiver |
07A04g |
|
Fourth Amendment - warrantless seizures |
07A04 |
|
Fraud |
02E |
|
Frivolous claims, penalty for |
13A03 |
|
Fugitive disentitlement |
03F |
|
Gambling forfeiture |
02K |
|
General principles |
02A |
|
Gifts: must owner be a “bona fide purchaser
for value” to have standing? |
05C06 |
|
Government misconduct |
06F |
|
Government’s failure to provide notice |
09F |
|
Grand jury |
17A01a |
|
Grand jury disclosure |
17A01a |
|
Grand jury secrecy |
17A01a |
|
Grand jury subpoenas |
17A01f |
|
Gross income or net profit? |
03B03 |
|
Guilty plea - withdrawing |
19M01 |
|
Guilty pleas |
19M |
|
Guilty pleas forfeiting property |
19M |
|
Hearsay |
21C02 |
|
Hearsay - conspirator statement |
21C02b01 |
|
History of forfeiture |
01A |
|
Homestead laws |
05D02f |
|
Immigration forfeiture |
02J |
|
Immunity from prosecution |
18D03d02 |
|
Important Supreme Court cases from the past decade |
01C |
|
Improper inducement by government agents |
06E02 |
|
In forma pauperis - How to apply for IFP treatment |
10B04a |
|
In forma pauperis - Review
of unfavorable IFP decision |
10B04b |
|
In forma pauperis requests to waive the cost bond |
10B04 |
|
In personam jurisdiction |
06C02 |
|
In rem jurisdiction |
06C02 |
|
Indictment |
12D |
|
Indictment, forfeiture counts in |
12D |
|
Ineffectiveness of counsel |
15A02 |
|
Informant rewards - for testifying |
06F04 |
|
Informants - in general |
17A01b |
|
Informants - privilege |
18D10 |
|
Informants - revealing identity |
17B04 |
|
Innocent owner defense |
04 |
|
Innocent spouses with their names on the title to
the property |
05D02b |
|
Innocent third parties in criminal
forfeiture cases |
04E |
|
Interest on seized currency |
22E |
|
Interlocutory sale |
16D |
|
Interrogatories |
18C01 |
|
Intervention |
14E |
|
Jencks Act |
17B02 |
|
Joinder |
12A03 |
|
Joint & several liability |
03E |
|
Judgment |
21G |
|
Judgment notwithstanding verdict |
21D03 |
|
Judicial forfeiture notice requirements |
09E |
|
Judicial forfeiture process |
12 |
|
Jurisdiction - conflict between state & fed |
06C03 |
|
Jurisdiction over subject matter |
06C01 |
|
Jurisdiction, lack of - in general |
06C |
|
Jury - special interrogatories |
21F |
|
Jury demand |
13B04 |
|
Jury instructions |
21F |
|
Jury selection |
21X |
|
Jury trials - right to |
21B |
|
Jury verdict |
21F |
|
Kennedy & Ward: “Civil” or “criminal” label as defining rights |
01D02 |
|
Laches |
23A03 |
|
Laundering Monetary Instruments – 18
U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B) |
02D02 |
|
Laundering of monetary
instruments - 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(3)(A)-(B) |
02D05 |
|
Law of the case |
19K03 |
|
Legal fictions |
01A |
|
Leon “good faith” exception |
07A03d |
|
Lienholder remedies |
05D06a |
|
Limits on in personam jurisdiction |
06C06 |
|
Limits on in rem jurisdiction |