U.S. v. $25,000 U.S. CURRENCY

No. 85-5854.

853 F.2d 1501 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant/Appellant, v. $25,000 U.S. CURRENCY, Defendant, and Tomasino Gino Cirimele, Claimant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1988.

Amended June 21, 1988.

Second Amended August 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Fan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-counterdefendant/appellant.

Michael N. Berke, Sherman Oaks, Cal., for claimant/appellee.

Before NELSON, HALL and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

The United States filed a civil forfeiture action pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) against money seized from Tomasino Cirimele ("Cirimele") following his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport. Cirimele moved to suppress the evidence obtained from him at the airport. The district court granted Cirimele's motion, stating that the agents did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal activity so as to...

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