United States Seventh Circuit

District court erred in holding that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's petition for the return of his BMW, seized and administratively forfeited prior to his drug conviction. On remand, court should consider plaintiff's noncompliance with the procedural requirements for maintaining a federal civil suit, and the limitations on his ability, as a prisoner, to bring such suits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/13/2004
• Published 01/13/2004

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Thompson (submitted), Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert N. Howell, Jr., pro se, Oxford, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.