Legal Opinion
Arango v. United States Department of the Treasury
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 24, 1997No. 95-5267PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NEILL, Senior District Judge:
Appellant William Alberto Arango appeals the dismissal of his complaint challenging the administrative forfeiture of $476,590 seized from his home. Arango’s complaint alleges that the Customs Service denied him due process of law by arbitrarily and capriciously rejecting his proof of indigence, thus requiring him to post bond to obtain a judicial forfeiture hearing. Because we find that Customs afforded Arango an adequate opportunity to prove his eligibility for waiver of the bond requirement and reached a decision rationally based on the facts before it, we…
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