Bailey v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that the Government cannot return property that it does not possess
• “[T]he government cannot return property it does not possess, and the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars the award of monetary damages under Rule 41(g).”
• “A finding of whether the government actually possesses the additional currency Bailey seeks is therefore a necessary predicate to the resolution of his motion.”
• “Because Bailey’s criminal case had concluded, the court properly construed it as a civil complaint under the court’s general equity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331.”
• “[T]he doctrine of sovereign immunity bars the award of monetary damages under Rule 41(g).”
• “[T]he government cannot return property it does not possess . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gerardo Serrano v. U.S. Customs and Border
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-09-16· cited 130×
• Jackson v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-05-21· cited 45×
• Diaz v. United States
  Second Circuit· 2008-02-26· cited 39×
• Tampico v. Martinez
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-02-03· cited 17×
• Stuart v. Rech
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-05-05· cited 8×
• United States v. Stacey Jackson
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-11-10· cited 4×
• Rickey Jackson v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-05-21
• Ford-Bey v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2020-01-02
• Ford-Bey v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2020-12-16
• Harbor Healthcare System v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-07-26
• Cannon v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 2026-06-29

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dusenbery v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2002-01-08· cited 924×
• William Hamilton Gartrell v. R.S. Gaylor
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-01-21· cited 271×
• Luis Mora v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1992-01-22· cited 112×
• Andre Lopez Polanco v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
  Second Circuit· 1998-10-15· cited 111×
• United States v. Rufus Sims
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-07-20· cited 49×
• Peña v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-07· cited 26×
• United States v. Robinson
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-12-22· cited 20×
• Taylor v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-03-29· cited 18×
• United States v. Wright
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-03-08· cited 17×
• United States v. Rickey Benns
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-01-21· cited 13×