United States v. One 1979 Chevrolet C-20 Van, and Elizabeth Anderson, Claimant-Appellant

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• where state court had previously asserted jurisdiction in state forfeiture proceeding, federal court lacked jurisdiction to entertain federal forfeiture complaint
• \The fact that the federal authorities muscled in on the van and began an administrative forfeiture proceeding before the state court action was filed did not confer jurisdiction on the federal court.\
• “A local police department may not take seized property and just pass it on as it pleases to the FBI in flagrant disregard of state laws mandating judicial authority for such turnovers”

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