United States v. One Beechcraft King Air 300 Aircraft
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court correctly upheld the constitutionality of 19 U.S.C. § 1615 as applied in this case. 1 Appellant contends that 19 U.S.C. § 1615 is unconstitutional as applied in this case because the forfeiture of its property based only upon a showing of probable cause denied it due process of law. It argues that a higher burden of proof is required because civil forfeitures constitute punishment for purposes of due process. We disagree.
We agree with the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, which all have explicitly upheld…
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