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U.S. v. ONE 1978 PIPER NAVAJO PA-31 AIRCRAFT

No. 84-3181. Summary Calendar.

748 F.2d 316 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ONE 1978 PIPER NAVAJO PA-31, AIRCRAFT, etc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis O. Unglesby, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellant.

Stanford O. Bardwell, Jr., U.S. Atty., Shelly Zwick, Merrick J. Norman, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Baton Rouge, La., Hattie M. Broussard, U.S. Customs, Asst. Reg. Counsel, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of a Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion to set aside a default judgment in an action for forfeiture in rem. Finding no abuse of the district court's discretion in denying the motion, we affirm.

On March 7, 1983, defendant One 1978 Piper Navajo PA-31 Aircraft was seized by officers of the United States Customs Service. In its complaint for forfeiture, the Government alleged that the aircraft was used in...

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