United States v. 1980 Red Ferrari, Vin No. 9a0034335, Oregon License No. Gpn 835, Brian R. Oliver, Claimant-Real-Party In-Interest-Appellant

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Brian Oliver, who claims to have purchased a 1980 red Ferrari automobile from an attorney with whom he had been living episodically for several years, appeals a forfeiture order entered in favor of the government on cross-motions for summary judgment. We affirm.

The government asserted a statutory forfeiture against the vehicle because it was “proceeds traceable to” money or other things of value exchanged for controlled substances, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). Arlene West, the attorney from whom Oliver obtained the Ferrari, did not testify. She had formerly…