UNITED STATES v. FIFTY-THREE (53) ECLECTUS PARROTS

No. 80-4604.

685 F.2d 1131 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIFTY-THREE (53) ECLECTUS PARROTS, Defendants and George E. Allen, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Glenn White, Glad, White & Ferguson, San Francisco, Cal., for claimant-appellant.

Wells D. Burgess, Maryann Walsh, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DUNIWAY, KENNEDY and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge.

Allen appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the government, ordering the forfeiture of 56 eclectus parrots. We affirm.

Appellant Allen raises and trades birds as an avocation. On his behalf, an importer bought eclectus parrots from a bird dealer in Singapore and imported them into the United States. The birds originated in Indonesia, which has prohibited the export of eclectus parrots, with special exceptions not applicable here...

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