United States v. 1866.75 Board Feet & 11 Doors & Casings, More or Less, of Dipteryx Panamensis Imported From Nicaragua

MEMORANDUM ORDER

GERALD BRUCE LEE, District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Government and Claimants Jill and Wilbur Thompsons’ Cross Motions for Summary Judgment. This case concerns the importation of the defendant wood by the Thompsons at the termination of their foreign service with the United States Department of State in Nicaragua. Dipter-yx Panamensis is as an endangered species and therefore cannot be imported to the United States without a Certificate of Origin (subject to certain limited exceptions). The Thompsons imported defendant wood without this Certificate and the…