COUVERTIER v. Bonar

OPINION AND ORDER

ACOSTA, District Judge.

This action seeks to annul two prior administrative seizure proceedings whereby prized lottery tickets brought in by plaintiff from the U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (“USVI”) were forfeited by U.S. CUSTOMS under 19 U.S.C. § 1305. 1 Plaintiffs claim that the tickets were legally brought into this jurisdiction and improperly seized by U.S. CUSTOMS agents. Only the demand for equitable relief, i.e., a mandamus for the institution of judicial forfeiture proceedings and the return of the seized property remain pending in this action. 2

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