Legal Opinion
In re Approximately 245 Bills of U.S. Currency
United States District Court
Decided August 9, 2019No. Misc. No. 19-101 (FAB)Published
1Opinion of the Court
BESOSA, District Judge.
Before the Court is claimant Reimundo Román-Benjamín ("Román")'s motion for attorney's fees pursuant to the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 ("CAFRA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2465 et seq. (Docket No. 10.) For the reasons set forth below, Román's motion for attorney's fees is DENIED .
*280The United States Customs and Boarder Protection filed an administrative forfeiture action against the following property: (1) 245 bills of US currency in the amount of $4,291.00; (2) a Caribe vessel with two 115 engines; and (3) ten rounds of .40 ammunition (hereinafter, "forfeited…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. Thirty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Dollars & Fifty-Six Cents ($32,820.56) in United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
- United States v. Thirty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Dollars & Fifty-Six Cents ($32,820.56) in United States CurrencyDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2015
- United States v. Approximately $16,500.00 in United States CurrencyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2015