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· 6/24/1997

Arango v. United States Department of the Treasury

Citations

  • 115 F.3d 922
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 15180
  • 1997 WL 306993

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the APA’s arbitrary or capricious standard applies to the denial of in forma pauperis status in forfeiture proceedings
  • holding that the bond requirement in the federal asset forfeiture statute was designed to promote “more efficient and less costly administrative forfeitures”
  • explaining that the assertion of the privilege can’t be used as both a shield 6 against self-incrimination and a sword freeing the party from her own burden of proof
  • noting that the Fifth Amendment does not forbid adverse inferences against civil litigants
  • \The Fifth Amendment does not forbid adverse inferences against civil litigants....\

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Judges: Tjoflat, Edmondson, O'Neill

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