Legal Opinion
United States v. $78,850.00 in United States Currency
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided July 25, 2007No. C.A. 2:05-1752-PMDPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
PATRICK MICHAEL DUFFY, District Judge.
This matter is before the court upon the Claimants’ Motion for Summary Judgment. For the reasons set forth herein, the court denies the Claimants’ Motion.
BACKGROUND
The facts, considered in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, are as follows:
This is a civil action in rem brought pursuant to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § § 981(a)(1)(A) and (C), and 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). Specifically, the United States seeks the forfeiture of $78,850.00, seized from Luis Muñoz (“Muñoz”) and Jose Edwin Gomez Serna (“Gomez”) by Deputy Joseph Burnette…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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