United States v. $22,050.00 United States Currency

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• holding that, in the context of setting aside a default, a meritorious defense, “if sustained, would change the outcome”
• holding that, in the context of setting aside a default, a meritorious defense, “if sustained, would change the outcome”
• stating that strict compliance with Supplemental Rule G is a prerequisite for statutory standing to challenge a forfeiture action
• finding that a defendant “asserted meritorious defenses” even though he “provided no factual allegations in support of these defenses” and listed them “conclusorily”
• concluding the defendant had not engaged in culpable conduct even when the defendant’s secretary received the notice of forfeiture and the defendant’s own property had not been returned to him
• noting that “when a defendant has a meritorious defense and the plaintiff would not be prejudiced, it is an abuse of discretion for a district court to deny a Rule 55(c

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).