United States v. Carmichael

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Defendant Leon Carmichael, Sr. was convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana and conspiring to commit money laundering. This criminal case is again before the court, this time on petitioner Reese & Howell, Inc. (“R & H”)’s petition, filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 853(n), to validate its alleged third-party interest in the real property known as the Carmichael Center. For the reasons that follow, R & H’s petition will be denied.

I. BACKGROUND

In their stipulation of facts 1 , the parties agree on the following time line of relevant events:

November…