Legal Opinion
United States v. U.S. Currency, $30,060.00, Albert Joseph Alexander, Claimant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1994No. 92-55919PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge TANG; Dissent by Judge NOONAN.
TANG, Senior Circuit Judge:
The government appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Albert Joseph Alexander. The district court concluded the government did not establish probable cause that $30,060 seized from Alexander was connected to drugs as required to warrant forfeiture under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). The government argues the narcotics detection dog’s positive alert to the presence of the scent of a controlled substance on Alexander’s money, the packaging and the amount of the money, and Alexander’s false accounts of…
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