UNITED STATES v. $23,407.69 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 81-1231.

715 F.2d 162 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. $23,407.69 IN U.S. CURRENCY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archie Carl Pierce, Asst. U.S. Atty., Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Cohen & Cangelosi, Gary J. Cohen, Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before DYER, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 14, 1983.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In this case the government, appellant, undertakes to accomplish the forfeiture of the sum of $23,407.69 in United States currency seized in connection with a lawful drug-related arrest. The appellee opposes the forfeiture on the ground the thirteen month delay from the time of the seizure until the complaint for forfeiture was filed by the government deprived him of...

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