United States Ninth Circuit

In a civil asset-forfeiture action, in which claimants challenged the government's seizure of two J.P. Morgan Chase bank accounts, the District Court's grant of summary judgment to the Government is reversed where: 1) claimants had standing to proceed past summary judgment and challenge the government's forfeiture action; 2) claimants set forth sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to conclude that they had Article III standing to challenge the forfeiture; and 3) claimants provided sufficient evidence of possessory interests to confer prudential standing.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/09/01

Judges

• SMITH

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

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