United States v. $515,060.42 in United States Currency

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

This consolidated appeal arises from a civil forfeiture proceeding in which the district court dismissed the Government’s action against certain currency seized as part of a federal investigation of Tennessee bingo game operations based on the Government’s failure to file the action within the five-year statute of limitations period. The Government appeals that decision as well as the district court’s award of interest on the seized currency. The Government additionally challenges the claimants’ standing. The claimants appeal the district court’s denial of…