“It also seemed to me that there was probably a good reason why she has never prevailed in any trial or appellate court in this case.”
They just dismissed the case based on failure to make a claim!
If I remember correctly, the courts ruled that by missing all of the opportunities to intervene in the forfeiture process, the debtor effectively had no standing to make a claim because she no longer held any title to the property or even had a mortgage obligation anymore.