United States v. $32,400.00, in United States Currency, Appeal of Doris Chaparro, Claimant-Appellant

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Doris Chaparro challenges the forfeiture of proceeds from her drug trafficking on the theory the police illegally seized her. The district court did not clearly err when it concluded the police did not stop Chaparro and that, if they had, they had reasonable suspicion to do so. Therefore, we affirm the district court’s denial of Chaparro’s motion to suppress evidence seized and statements made.

I

In February 1993 Chicago police officer Charleé Elliott, a deputized agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration, spoke with an informant who had purchased drugs from a woman…