18 U.S.C. § 4012
Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband
An officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons may, pursuant to rules and regulations of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, summarily seize any object introduced into a Federal penal or correctional facility or possessed by an inmate of such a facility in violation of a rule, regulation or order promulgated by the Director, and such object shall be forfeited to the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2023 · leading case: Victor George Bryant v. William R. Muth Gregg Robbins, 994 F.2d 1082 (4th Cir. 1993).
Victor George Bryant v. William R. Muth Gregg Robbins, 994 F.2d 1082 (4th Cir. 1993). “18 U.S.C. § 4012 authorizes prison officials to seize prison contraband.”
United States v. Grove, 150 F. Supp. 2d 1270 (M.D. Ala. 2001). “9 A related statute similarly provides for administrative definition of prohibited objects, see 18 U.S.C.A. § 4012 (authorizing Bureau of Prisons personnel to summarily seize any object introduced into a federal prison or “possessed by an inmate of such a facility in violation…”
Smith v. Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-01327 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 16, 2023). “” 18 U.S.C.A. § 4012 . Smith was 22 3 Plaintiff Smith attached this document to his supplemental opposition to Defendants’ motions to 23 dismiss.”
United States v. McMahon, No. 96-4370 (4th Cir. Jan. 15, 1997). “On February 22, 1996, subsequent to the termination of McMahon III's criminal trial, the government moved, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4012 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 42, for an order to show cause why McMahon should not be held in criminal contempt for willfully violating the…”
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