United States v. Approximately Two Thousand, Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Point Eighty-Five Shares (2,538.85) of Stock Certificates of the Ponce Leones Baseball Club, Inc.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether appellant Cotto-Garcia was tardy in filing his “claim” contesting the government’s in rem seizure, under drug laws, of his stock shares. Under relevant rules, infra, appellant had “10 days after process has been executed” to file the required claim. He contends he filed the claim on time (in fact, prematurely), as process was executed, under his theory, only when notice of the government’s forfeiture action was published — an event that did not occur until after Cotto-Garcia had filed his claim. The district court…