United States v. United States Currency in the Sum of Six Hundred Sixty Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars

SUMMARY ORDER

Plaintiff-appellant United States takes this appeal from orders of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Azrack, M.J.) enforcing a settlement agreement and awarding fees and costs to claimants. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history, and issues presented for review.

Settlement agreements are contracts, and disputes over such agreements are adjudicated “without regard to the validity of the underlying claim.” First Nat. Bank of Cincinnati v. Pepper, 454 F.2d 626, 632 (2d Cir.1972) (internal quotation marks…