United States v. Lost Creek Trust, No. 18-30122 (9th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseIn this court order, the Ninth Circuit held that an appeal from a third-party proceeding ancillary to a criminal forfeiture action should be treated as a civil appeal for purposes of applying Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40(a). Therefore, the panel granted Lost Creek Trust's motion to reconsider and withdrew the mandate. Lost Creek Trust's petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc are ordered filed and the clerk shall circulate the petition for rehearing en banc to the whole court.
Court Description: Fed. R. App. P. 40(a). The panel filed an order granting a motion to reconsider its denial of petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc as untimely, ordered the petitions filed, and withdrew the mandate, in a case in which this court on May 13, 2019, affirmed the district court’s final order in a third-party proceeding ancillary to a criminal forfeiture action. The panel held that an appeal from a third-party proceeding ancillary to a criminal forfeiture action should be treated as a civil appeal for purposes of determining the deadline to file a petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc under Fed. R. App. P. 40(a).
This opinion or order relates to an opinion or order originally issued on May 13, 2019.
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