FBI seized $40k from Linda Martin without charging her with a crime

Re:FBI seized $40k from Linda Martin without charging her wi... by Incipient on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:03PM (#44758756)

I feel like for lack of jurisdiction, the courts should refuse to hear the case, rather than have it count as a "lost" case?

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Re:FBI seized $40k from Linda Martin without charging her wi... by ncallaway on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:06PM (#44758794)

I mean, that's basically what happens.

The "lost her case" language is very much a public narrative around the court case, but from the legal perspective, her suit was dismissed for a lack of jurisdiction, which is pretty much the court refusing to consider the case.

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