Ordonez v. United States, No. 09-56533 (9th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseAfter plaintiff was convicted for drug possession with intent to distribute, plaintiff sought the return of his property seized by the government during his arrest pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g). Because some of plaintiff's belongings were inadvertently lost or destroyed, plaintiff sought equitable relief in the form of money damages to compensate for the missing property. The court affirmed the district court's grant of the government's motion to dismiss because sovereign immunity barred plaintiff's suit for money damages against the government.
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