Legal Opinion
United States v. Rufus Sims
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 2004No. 02-4138, 03-1088PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Convicted money launderer Rufus Sims (see United States v. Sims, 144 F.3d 1082 (7th Cir.1998)) filed a motion under Fed.R.Crim.P. 41(g) (formerly 41(e)) in the district court in which he had been convicted asking for the return of seized property. He concedes that most of the property identified in the motion was properly forfeited, but continues to claim entitlement to property that he asserts was seized but never forfeited. The district court ruled that the compelled return of any forfeited property was barred by the six-year statute of limitations applicable to civil…
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