United States Second Circuit

Dismissal of claim for the return of cash that was seized and forfeited in connection with plaintiff's arrest for violating currency reporting laws is affirmed as the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the claim is barred by sovereign immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/26/2008
• Published 02/26/2008

Judges

• DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, POOLER and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Fernando Hernandez-Diaz, pro se, Coleman, FL.


• For Appellees:
  
• Keisha-Ann G. Gray, Assistant United States Attorney (Steven Kim, Kathleen A. Nandan, Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel), for Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.