United States v. Jay Michael Puig, Michael Hance, Claimant-Appellant

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Following the district court’s1 entry of a Final Order of Forfeiture in the criminal prosecution of Jay Michael Puig, which included the forfeiture of a motorcycle and motorcycle parts now claimed to be owned by the appellant in this case, Michael Hance, Mr. Hance filed a third-party petition seeking adjudication of his asserted claim to the forfeited property. The district court dismissed the third-party petition as untimely. Rather than appeal that order, Hance filed a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion seeking to reopen the Final Order of Forfeiture. The…