Caracas International Banking Corp. v. United States

OPINION & ORDER

BESOSA, District Judge.

The United States and the Drug Enforcement Administration (collectively “the government”) have requested that this independent action for return of property pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g) (“Rule 41(g)”) be dismissed. (See Docket No. 17 at 5) Having considered the arguments contained in the parties’ memoranda of law, the Court GRANTS the government’s request because plaintiffs challenges to government seizure of property should properly be brought in a pending civil forfeiture proceeding.

DISCUSSION

I. Background

On November 4, 2009,…