United States v. Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($17,900.00) in United States Currency

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. SEVENTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($17,900) IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Case No. 15-cv-00368 (CRC) Defendant, ANGELA RODRIGUEZ and JOYCE COPELAND, Claimants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The case of the Samaritan train passenger is nearing its final destination. Interested readers may recall that in March 2014 an Amtrak passenger inadvertently exited a train with a backpack containing $17,900 in cash and turned it over to the police. That selfless act spawned this action, in which the United States…