United States v. Peter Monsanto

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert J. Ward, J., denying a motion to vacate or modify an ex parte post-indictment restraining order entered pursuant to a provision of the Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984 (CFA), 21 U.S.C. § 853(e)(1)(A) and for a declaration that fees paid to appellant’s defense counsel would be exempt from post-conviction forfeiture pursuant to the “relation back” provision of the CFA, 21 U.S.C. § 853(c). The appeal was originally heard by a panel of the court, 836 F.2d 74 (2d Cir.1987), and has…