Legal Opinion
United States v. American Black Bears
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2007No. 05-35998PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ***
Joseph Therrien appeals the District Court’s default judgment of forfeiture against two black bears and a trailer belonging to Therrien that appear to have been used in an attempt to smuggle marihuana into the United States. Therrien filed a claim of interest in the bears and the trailer, asserting that he owned the defendant property through his capacity as sole owner and director of Action Animals, a company that trains animals to act in film and video productions. Therrien asserted that an Action Animals employee had been driving the bears from Canada to the United States to…
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