Opinion ID: 445295
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Heading: Lack of Preseizure Hearing

Text: 26 Thompson next argues that the Act unconstitutionally deprives Thompson of its property without a preseizure hearing, see Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U.S. 67, 92 S.Ct. 1983, 32 L.Ed.2d 556 (1972), by requiring payment of disputed amounts during the pendency of a review or appeal challenging the accuracy of the Fund's calculations. See 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1399(c)(2). Due process requires an opportunity to be heard in a meaningful time and manner, Armstrong v. Manzo, 380 U.S. 545, 552, 85 S.Ct. 1187, 1191, 14 L.Ed.2d 62 (1965), and some form of hearing certainly is required before an individual finally is deprived of a property interest, Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 333, 96 S.Ct. 893, 902, 47 L.Ed.2d 18 (1976). 27 We note, however, that on the record before us Thompson has not been deprived of any property. Thompson had statutory rights to point out inaccuracies in the trustees' calculations, request reconsideration by the trustees, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1399(b)(2), initiate arbitration, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401(a)(1), and seek review by the courts, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401(b)(2). Even after the amounts became due and owing, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401(b)(1), the trustees merely commenced these proceedings for collection. Consequently, Fuentes v. Shevin, involving seizure of property by government agents prior to a hearing, is inapposite. Thompson has been afforded all the process to which it was due. Accord Keith Fulton, 741 F.2d at 462-63; Standard Dye, 725 F.2d at 854; Republic Industries, 718 F.2d at 642.