United States v. $133,420.00 in United States Currency

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• noting that the government is entitled to “test the veracity of [a claimant’s] claim of ownership”
• noting that assertion of ownership of currency combined with possession is sufficient to establish standing
• noting that we should not interpret a section of Rule G to be superfluous
• holding a court may strike the testimony of a witness in a civil proceeding to avoid a witness’s improper use of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self- incrimination as a sword as well as a shield
• explaining that, “in a civil forfeiture action, a claimant’s bare assertion of an ownership or possessory interest, in the absence of some other evidence, is not enough to survive a motion for summary 16 PagelD.920 judgment.”
• explaining that the claimant’s “limited interpretation would make Supplemental Rule G(6)(a) superfluous”

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