No. 25-747

Matthew Cline v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: co-conspirator criminal-law forfeiture property-transfer statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) a defendant may be ordered to forfeit property to the government that he transferred to a co-conspirator merely because it was at one point under his control.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) a defendant may be ordered to forfeit property to the government that he transferred to a co-conspirator merely because it was at one point under his control

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-22
Brief amici curiae of Forfeiture Scholars filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2026)
2025-11-06
Application (25A509) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until December 19, 2025.
2025-10-31
Application (25A509) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 19, 2025 to December 19, 2025, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Forfeiture Scholars
Jo-Ann Tamila SagarHogan Lovells US LLP, Amicus
Matthew Cline
John Vandermark HooverArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent