( December 9, 2025, 12:24 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Ruling against the appellant on all points except the one regarding which the U.S. government conceded that it had erred, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed that a five-month discovery stay in a civil forfeiture action did not constitute a violation of the appellant’s due process rights and that his request for attorney fees and costs under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA) was properly denied....