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· 9/15/1989

United States v. Alberto Castro

Citations

  • 883 F.2d 1018
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 13969
  • 1989 WL 99456

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that undue delay in initiating civil forfeiture proceed- ings could “demonstrate[] a denial of . . . due process”
  • recognizing that undue delay in initiating civil forfeiture proceed- ings could “demonstrate[] a denial of . . . due process”
  • adopting district court's ruling that the district court was without jurisdiction to consider Rule 41(e) motion for return of property following civil forfeiture proceeding
  • “Defendant cannot use the criminal procedure device of [Rule 41(g)] to seek relief from a civil forfeiture proceeding.”
  • “It is well-settled that the proper method for recovery of property which has been subject to civil forfeiture is not the filing of a Rule 41(e) Motion, but filing a claim in the civil forfeiture action.”

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Judges: Tjoflat, Fay, Kravitch

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