United States v. Parcel of Real Property Known as 6109 Grubb Road, Etc. Appeal of Jane Diloreto

The accompanying order denying the government’s petition for rehearing with a suggestion of rehearing in banc leaves undisturbed the panel’s holding for the court that an owner of real property used in narcotics transactions may escape its civil forfeiture in an in rent proceeding under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(7), by establishing either her lack of knowledge or her lack of consent to the property’s illicit use. United States v. Parcel of Real Property Known as 6109 Grubb Road, 886 F.2d 618, 626 (3d Cir.1989). The scope of the innocent owner defense contained in § 881(a)(7) has not been defined by…