Legal Opinion
United States v. Twenty One Thousand Dollars ($21,000)
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided December 17, 2003No. CIV. 02-40098PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
GADOLA, District Judge.
Before the Court is Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, the Court will deny Plaintiffs motion.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff, the Government, has instituted this civil forfeiture proceeding against $21,000 in Traveler’s Express Money Orders and $785 in United States currency (“Defendant property”), as proceeds of illegal drug transactions forfeitable under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). Claimant Luis Antonio Cruz-Espinoza (“Cruz”) has claimed an interest in Defendant property and contests forfeiture. Defendant…
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