Legal Opinion
United States v. $132,245.00 in U.S. Currency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2014No. 12-56988PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Alain Cyr appeals the district court’s decision forfeiting $132,245 for failure to report the currency when crossing the United States border in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5316, see 31 U.S.C. § 5317(c), and for bulk cash smuggling, id. § 5332. Cyr argues the forfeiture constitutes an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment.
Congress’s enactment of 31 U.S.C. § 5332, which prohibits the act of bulk cash smuggling, affects the excessiveness analysis in bulk cash smuggling cases. A violation of § 5332, when connected with illegal activity, constitutes a serious…
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