Legal Opinion
Dosunmu v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 28, 2005No. CIV.A. CV01-4605DGTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
TRAGER, District Judge.
This is an action brought by Ade Dosun-mu (“plaintiff’), and his brother Mike Do-sunmu (“intervenor”) (collectively, “claimants”), for a return of personal property administratively forfeited to the government after it was seized by the United States Customs Service (“Customs”). On July 3, 2001, plaintiff filed a complaint seeking return of the property, alleging that it belonged to him. On April 5, 2002, the Intervenor moved for permission to intervene claiming that the seized property belongs to him.
Defendant moves for dismissal of the complaint or, in…
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