Legal Opinion
United States v. United States Currency Amounting to the Sum of Thirty Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 19, 1983No. CV 82-0094, X CV 82-1327 and X CR 80-663PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
PLATT, District Judge.
The United States has commenced these consolidated forfeiture proceedings pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6), on the grounds that the defendant currency was furnished or intended to be furnished in exchange for a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 et seq., or was directly traceable to proceeds of a sale of a controlled substance made in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 et seq. Claims to the defendant currency have been filed by Edgar Romero and Betty Lemos.
The facts surrounding the seizure of the currency are not in dispute. On December…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. $2,500 in United States Currency, in Rem-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Patricia Ann Wright, United States of America v. Shirley Ann Boyd, A/K/A Kim, A/K/A LisaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- United States v. One 1945 Douglas C-54 (Dc-4) Aircraft, Serial Number 22186. Appeal of J. Michael StumpffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($15,500.00) United States Currency, Alice Mumford, Real Party in Interest-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Manuel Mercado v. The U.S. Customs Service, the Commissioner of Customs, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Attorney General of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service and the United States of America, United States of America, Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee v. United States Currency in the Amount of $181,590.00 (One Hundred Eighty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety Dollars, More or Less, Third-Party-Defendant. And Appeal of Manuel Mercado, Claimant-Appellant. Appeal of Zane and RudofskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Mercado v. U.S. Customs ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- United States v. One Rural LotDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1990
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