Legal Opinion
Escobar v. $185,000.00 United States Currency
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 29, 2008No. 06-5521-cvPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Claimant-appellant Victor Escobar (“claimant” or “Escobar”) appeals from an order entered by the District Court on December 12, 2006, granting the motion of plaintiff-appellant the United States (“plaintiff’ or “Government”) for forfeiture of $185,000 and $ 24,650 in United States currency taken from a vehicle Escobar was driving. Claimant alleges that the funds were illegally taken from him and that the Government has no right to the funds.
*37We review a district court’s legal conclusions regarding forfeiture de novo and factual conclusions for plain error. United States v. Gaskin,…
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- United States v. $557,933.89, More or Less, in U.S. FundsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
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