If the government can file 'in rem' against the pile of cash, can you also file a habeas corpus motion on behalf of the pile of cash? The entire idea of 'in re

If the government can file 'in rem' against the pile of cash, can you also file a habeas corpus motion on behalf of the pile of cash? The entire idea of 'in rem' actions is absurd on the face of it, and is the kind of nonsense that causes people to lose faith in the justice system. There are often comments here that (correctly) castigate software engineer types as having too much of a game-playing 'gotcha' sense of how the law works - or ought to work - but "Department of Justice vs. $137,425 in US Currency" is exactly the same kind of too-tricky-by-half game-playing, only by the lawmakers.