United States v. Nitek Electronics, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• \[R]equiring exhaustion in penalty recovery cases is consistent with the statutory scheme set up in § 1592.\
• reviewing a Section 1592 claim for plausibility under Twombly and Iqbal when ruling on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss
• “de novo review does not give the Government independent power to bring a claim that Customs did not allege”
• first citing Blum, 858 F.2d at 1568-69, then quoting United States v. Jac Natori Co., 108 F.3d 295, 299 (Fed. Cir. 1997)
• “the court can consider all issues de novo that are alleged in Customs’ final penalty claim”
• “[I]f Customs determines that the importer violated [Section 1592] based on negligence, the court does not need to give any deference to Customs’ finding that the importer was negligent.”

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