Melba L. Ford v. United States
DueProcess
Does a defendant in an IRS/DoJ civil forfeiture proceeding have a constitutionally protected, due process right to counsel?
Even if there is no constitutional right to counsel for defendants in a civil forfeiture case, when assistance of counsel is sought by unrepresented litigants who cannot afford it, is a court required to provide factual and legal reasons when denying such motion?
When a circuit panel denies motions for assistance of counsel without providing a scintilla of justification, then blocks reconsideration and appeal to the en bans circuit, does the panel violate litigants' rights to due process of law?
Does a defendant in an IRS/DoJ civil forfeiture proceeding have a constitutionally protected, due process right to counsel?