Legal Opinion
Small, Richard v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 20, 1998No. 97-5008PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALD, Circuit Judge:
Richard Small asserts that the United States failed to make adequate efforts to give him notice of forfeiture proceedings affecting property that he claims to own. The district court granted summary judgment for the United States, concluding that the United States’s efforts to contact Small met the standards set by the Due Process Clause. On appeal, Small contests this finding. We find that the United States should have tried harder to contact Small before implementing the forfeiture, and that, as a result, the purported forfeiture was unconstitutionally effected.
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