Legal Opinion

United States v. Minh Huynh

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 16, 2009No. 08-20541PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiffs-Appellants Nu and Minh Huynh appeal the magistrate judge’s judgment on attorneys’ fees and costs entered in two consolidated actions: one brought by Plaintiffs to set aside the Government’s administrative forfeiture of their jewelry, and the other initiated by the Government seeking judicial forfeiture of Plaintiffs’ vehicle. Reviewing the fee award for abuse of discretion and the conclusions of law underlying it de novo, see Navigant Consulting, Inc. v. Wilkinson, 508 F.3d 277, 297 (5th Cir.2007), we AFFIRM for the following reasons:

1. We agree with the magistrate…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. Gober v. Terra + CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  3. Navigant Consulting, Inc. v. WilkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
  4. Fernando Mesa Valderrama v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. SchinnellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  2. United States v. NolascoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. Approximately $3,174.00 in United States CurrencyDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2013
  4. United States v. NolascoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. Thirty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Dollars & Fifty-Six Cents ($32,820.56) in United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016

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