the refusal of the claimant to provide the records in response to a discovery request or to take the action necessary otherwise to make the records available shall be grounds for judicial sanctions, up to and including dismissal of the claim with prejudice.
1 See References in Text note below.
18 U.S.C. § 986
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Controlled Substances Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is title II of Pub. L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1242, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§801 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of Title 21 and Tables.Section 985 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was enacted by Pub. L. 106-185 and relates to civil forfeitures of real property and not to procedures and limitations for subpoenas. The reference to section 985 was included in this section when it was enacted by Pub. L. 102-550 but at that time there was no section 985 of this title.The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in subsec. (c), are set out in Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
AMENDMENTS2000-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-185 added subsec. (d). 1994-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-325 substituted "section 5322 or 5324 of title 31" for "section 5322 of title 31".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 106-185 applicable to any forfeiture proceeding commenced on or after the date that is 120 days after Apr. 25, 2000, see section 21 of Pub. L. 106-185 set out as a note under section 1324 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.