U.S. v. ASSORTED JEWELRY VALUED OF $44,328.00

No. 14-1175.

833 F.3d 13 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. ASSORTED JEWELRY APPROXIMATELY VALUED OF $44,328.00, Defendant In Rem, Angel Abner Betancourt-Pérez, Claimant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua L. Gordon , Concord, NH, on brief for appellant.

Mainon A. Schwartz , Assistant United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before Lynch, Selya, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


While executing a search warrant on Angel Abner Betancourt-Pérez's apartment, government agents found drugs in various quantities, a gun, and assorted jewelry valued at $44,328.00. This civil forfeiture action concerns the jewelry, which Betancourt-Pérez claims belonged to him lawfully and was unrelated to the...

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