A Pasadena appeals court panel ruled that the government cannot seize the club’s logo, but the court let a 2018 racketeering conviction stand.
A Pasadena appeals court panel ruled Friday that the government cannot seize the logo of the Mongol Nation motorcycle club,A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision that cited the First and Eighth Amendments in a ruling rejecting the government’s forfeiture request of the club’s logo.
The government has been prosecuting the Mongols since at least 2008, leading to the convictions of more than 70 members under racketeering and various other criminal statutes, according to the appeals court.
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