United States v. Forty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars ($47,980.00) in Canadian Currency

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Our previous decision in this civil forfeiture action is reported at 689 F.2d 858 (9th Cir.1982), where the facts are fully set forth. There we affirmed a summary judgment against the government. We held that excessive delay by the government in instituting judicial forfeiture proceedings violated due process. In so holding, we relied substantially, as had the district court, on United States v. Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars, 645 F.2d 836 (9th Cir.1981) (“$8,850’). Because the Supreme Court had granted certiorari in $8,850, we extended the time for the…