Legal Opinion
United States v. $19,047.00 in United States Currency, Defendant-In-Rem, Parbottie Rodriguez, Claimant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 12, 1996No. 1624, Docket 95-6383PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge:
When securing a Bronx apartment as part of an investigation concerning the smuggling of aliens, an Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) agent found $19,047 in claimant Parbottie Rodriguez’s purse. He seized this money on the grounds that it had been brought into the United States without being properly declared to the United States Customs Service. Rodriguez successfully challenged this forfeiture, arguing in part that the agent’s search of her purse violated the Fourth Amendment. She now appeals from the July 7, 1995 order of the United States District Court…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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