United States v. Three Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars ($369,980) in United States Currency
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
This is an appeal of a civil forfeiture action brought by the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) and 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A). Claimants, the Garcias, asserted claims to the $369,800 that was the subject matter of the action and filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law; additionally, they filed a motion to suppress evidence. The district court denied their motion to suppress and motion for judgment as a matter of law. It issued a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, in accordance with the jury verdict, that the currency in question was subject to forfeiture,…
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