Legal Opinion
Jeffrey M. Scarabin v. Drug Enforcement Administration
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1992No. 91-4436PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Jeffrey M. Scarabin is before us for yet a third time, still seeking to recover funds that were seized from his place of business during a narcotics search conducted pursuant to state warrant. Scarabin seeks to recover those funds from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Respondent herein, which claims to have found them forfeit to the United States. Finding on the basis of undisputed facts that Scarabin’s funds were never delivered to the DEA, we conclude that those funds remain in the exclusive possession of the Louisiana state court. But even if these funds had been…
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