Legal Opinion
United States v. $84,000 U.S. Currency v. Donald Holmes and Max Reyes, Claimants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 12, 1983No. 82-1602PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The government, as plaintiff, filed this civil action for the forfeiture of $84,000 in U.S. currency seized from the claimants pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). Donald Holmes and Max Reyes, as claimants, answered the government’s forfeiture claim contesting the legality of the seizure of the currency and the applicability of the forfeiture statute. The district court held that 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) was applicable and that the currency had not been illegally seized. We affirm.
On the evening of September 10, 1981, Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) Agent Michael…
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