Ospina Garrido v. Miami-Dade Police Department

WELLS, Judge.

Luis Felipe Ospina Garrido and Ospina Garrido e Hijos (collectively Ospina), appeal from an order denying their motion for an award of attorney’s fees 1 incurred for successfully defending a forfeiture action brought by the Miami-Dade Police Department (“MDPD”). For the following reasons, we reverse in part and remand with instructions.

On January 25, 2012, Ospina, a Colombian national, traveled from Bogota, Colombia to Miami, Florida. During the flight, Ospina filled out a U.S. Customs Declaration form declaring under oath that he was traveling on business and that he was…