Legal Opinion
Taft v. United States
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided June 4, 1993No. 2:92-CV-377PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PARKER, Chief Judge.
On August 23, 1990, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) seized a 1987 Toyota half ton pickup truck which was titled in the name of James W. Taft (“Taft”), plaintiff. The vehicle was later forfeited under federal forfeiture laws on November 27,1990. Plaintiff has sued the United States and two individual federal officers alleging deprivation of property in violation of his constitutional rights. His suit is a collateral attack on a completed administrative forfeiture proceeding by way of a civil action.
In his original complaint, filed December 11,…
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