Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Edward Elias
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1990No. 89-16707PublishedCited by 245 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Dennis Edward Elias appeals from the dismissal of his motion, filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(e), 1 for the return of $14,830 and a Chevrolet IROC automobile. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) had seized the property as an incident to Elias’ arrest in a private residence.
The district court denied the motion for the return of property based on the representation of the parties that civil administrative forfeiture proceedings had been initiated by the government prior to the filing of the Rule 41(e) motion.
Elias contends that the district court was…
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