United States v. Real Property Known and Numbered as Rural Route 1, Box 137-B, Cutler, Ohio, John Melvin Mayle, Claimant-Appellant

Claimant, John Mayle, appeals the judgment of the district court directing the forfeiture, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(7), of certain real property used to facilitate the manufacture and distribution of controlled substances. On appeal, Mayle raises six arguments: (1) the district court erred in refusing to grant his pretrial motion to dismiss, or, in the alternative, to stay in light of the pending criminal proceedings against him; (2) the district court erred in instructing the jury that it could draw an adverse inference from his assertion of his Fifth Amendment right against…