United States Sixth Circuit

Under the Federal Torts Claims Act where plaintiffs allege the government committed fraud in a civil forfeiture, a petition for remission of the assets forfeited with the Justice Department does not sufficiently exhaust administrative remedies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/11/2002
• Published 01/11/2002

Judges

• Before:  SILER, CLAY, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marshall E. Goldberg, Detroit, MI, Jeffrey M. Blum (argued and briefed), Louisville, KY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alan N. Harris (briefed), Bodman, Longley & Dahling, Ann Arbor, MI, Kathleen A. Lieder (briefed), Bodman, Longley & Dahling, Cheboygan, MI, William L. Woodard (briefed), Office of U.S. Attorney, Detroit, MI, Kathleen Moro Nesi (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorney, Detroit, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.