United States v. Anthony Stazola. Appeal of Lavinia Gibbons and Sylvester Miller

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This ease involves the federal government’s effort to evict two tenants from a property forfeited by Anthony Stazola under the criminal forfeiture provision of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. 21 U.S.C. § 853 (Supp. V 1987). The district court found that the tenants failed to prove that their possessory interest in the premises extended beyond November 30, 1989, and ordered the tenants to vacate. The tenants appeal the order.

We find that the district court provided the tenants with the same degree of notice and…