... against government defendants”. Al-Haramain, 633 F.Supp.2d at 960. Notably, Hepting has a separate proceeding pending against the government. See Jewel v. NSA, No. 08-4373 (N.D. Cal. filed Sept. 18, 2008). 4 . The parties disagree as to when a cause of action becomes a property right protected by the due process clause. Compare Lujan v. G & G Fire Sprinklers, 532 U.S. 189, 195, 121 S.Ct. 1446, 149 L.Ed.2d 391 (2001) ("assuming], without deciding,” that a "claim for payment under [specified] contracts” was a property interest), and Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co., 455 U.S. 422, 428, 102 S.Ct. 1148, 71 L.Ed.2d 265 (1982) ("[A] cause of action is a species of property protected by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause”), with Lyon v. Agusta, 252 F.3d 1078, 1086 (9th Cir.2001) (<HOLDING>) (citing Grimesy v. Huff, 876 F.2d 738, 743-44
recognizing that when a cause of action is reduced to a judgment the cause of action is merged into the judgment and thereafter only an action on the judgment exists recognizing the cause of action recognizing cause of action holding that a district court judgment is not a final judgment appealable by the defendant unless it includes the final adjudication and the final sentence holding that a partys property right in any cause of action does not vest until a final unreviewable judgment is obtained