Chad Bock v. State of Washington

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHAD BOCK, a single man; NATHAN No. 21-35182

BOCK,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-00308- v. SAB

STATE OF WASHINGTON;

WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH OPINION

AND WILDLIFE; JOLYNN

BEAUCHENE, WDFW Officer; MIKE SPRECHER, WDFW Sargent; DAN RAHN, WDFW Captain; JESSE

JONES,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Stanley A. Bastian, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 9, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed May 9, 2022 Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges, and Sidney A. Fitzwater, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge McKeown

SUMMARY **

Civil Rights

The panel dismissed a due process claim as moot and affirmed the district court’s entry of judgment with respect to the constitutionality of Washington State’s forfeiture statute in an action arising from unlawful hunting in British Columbia that led authorities in Washington to seize almost $200,000 worth of wildlife and animal parts from plaintiffs and to charge them with…