United States v. One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,700,000.00) in U.S. Currency

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING “CLAIMANTS ABRAHAM NUNU’S AND LINA MATTA’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND RETURN OF PROPERTY AND/OR SUBSTITUTION OF COLLATERAL”

ROBERT H. CLELAND, District Judge.

Pending before this court is a motion for summary judgment and return of property and/or substitution of collateral filed by Claimants Abraham Nunu and Linda Mat-ta on January 10, 2008. The matter has been fully briefed and the court concludes a hearing on the motion is unnecessary. See E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(e)(2). For the reasons stated below, the court will deny the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

This is a forfeiture…