Starr Indemnity & Liability Company v. United States (Jet Zee), _ F. Supp. 3d _, 2019 WL 4305529, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155656, CCB-18-3226 (D. Md. Sept 11, 2019) (Blake, J.)

On an issue of first impression in the Fourth Circuit, the court adopted the Ninth Circuit’s position regarding sovereign immunity arising under the customs exception in the Federal Tort Claims Act for damage to property held for civil forfeiture.