UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dwayne Keith FITZEN, Defendant-Appellant

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

Dwayne Keith Fitzen appeals pro se the district court’s partial denial of his Fed. R.Crim.P. 41(e) motion for return of property seized during the investigation by state and federal officials leading to his trial and conviction in federal court of various drug trafficking offenses. The district court refused to order return of the property on the ground that Fitzen’s remedy, if any, lay in state court. We have jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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In the summer of 1991, a joint state/federal task force began investigating Fitzen. Members of the task force…