Legal Opinion
United States v. W. R. Walters, United States of America v. Two Hundred Sixty-Two Firearms
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1981No. 78-3653PublishedCited by 6,688 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from a judgment dismissing its petition for forfeiture of 262 weapons. The district court held that it lacked jurisdiction because the United States Attorney General or his delegate failed to authorize the forfeiture action. The issues on appeal are: (1) whether the United States’ failure to file objections to a Magistrate’s Report in the district court prior to its adoption of such report constitutes a waiver of the right to appeal; (2) whether a United States Attorney is a delegate of the United States Attorney General authorized…
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