Iowa’s controversial civil forfeiture program is back in the news. Two California gamblers whose $100,020 poker bankroll was seized after a warrantless search by two Iowa State troopers are free to move forward with the lawsuit filed last September in federal court. In his ruling, U.S. judge James Gritzner wrote that Iowa State Troopers and Desert Snow acted as part of a conspiracy to violate Newmerzhycky and Davis’ constitutional rights. The lawsuit names Justin Simmons and Eric VanderWiel, as well […]

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