United States v. $196,969.00 United States Currency

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a companion case to United States v. Funds in the Amount of $574,840, 719 F.3d 648 (7th Cir.2013), also decided today, also involving civil forfeiture of property connected to criminal activity.

In the present case Indiana police recovered a large amount of cash in a search of the home of a suspected drug dealer named Rodney Johnson. The state turned over the money to the federal government for forfeiture proceedings — a common practice, resulting in a division of the spoils between state and federal government when the proceedings are successful. See 21 U.S.C. §…