United States v. Undetermined Amount of U.S. Currency

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Senior Judge HANSEN joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

In this civil forfeiture case, the Government appeals an order directing that it release to the original owners property seized pursuant to a properly obtained *262warrant. Because the district court clearly erred in holding that the original owners’ likely hardship from the Government’s continued possession of the seized property out-weighed the risk of loss of that property, we vacate this order and remand for further proceedings.

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