Legal Opinion
United States v. $78,850.00 in United States Currency
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided August 1, 2006No. C.A. 2:05-1752-PMDPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DUFFY, District Judge.
This matter is before the court upon the claimants’ motion to dismiss. For the reasons set forth herein, the court denies the claimants’ motion. 1
BACKGROUND
This is a civil action in rem brought pursuant to. the provisions of 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(a)(1)(A) and (C), and 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). Specifically, the United States seeks the forfeiture of. $78,850.00, seized from Luis Munoz (“Munoz”) and Jose Edwin Gomez Serna (“Gomez”) by Deputy Joseph Burnette (“Burnette”) of the Dorchester County Sheriffs Office during the traffic stop of a freightliner on Interstate 95 in St.…
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