Optional Capital, Inc. v. Das Corporation

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-55128 Plaintiff, D.C. Nos. and 2:04-cv-02788-

ABC-PLA

OPTIONAL CAPITAL, INC., AKA 2:04-cv-03386- Optional Ventures, ABC-PLA Claimant-Appellant, 2:05-cv-03910-

ABC-PLA

v.

OPINION

DAS CORPORATION,

Respondent-Appellee,

and

475 MARTIN LANE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, Real Property, Located at, et.al., Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Virginia A. Phillips, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 15, 2020 Pasadena, California

Filed November 19, 2021 Before: Daniel P. Collins and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges, and Gregory A. Presnell, * District Judge. Opinion by Judge Collins

SUMMARY **

Contempt

The panel affirmed the district court's post-judgment order denying Optional Capital, Inc.’s contempt motion on the ground that a May 2013 judgment did not require DAS Corporation to turn over $12.6 million to Optional.

At the end of a complex civil forfeiture proceeding that was litigated for…