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U.S. v. $67,220.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 91-5645.

957 F.2d 280 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. $67,220.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant, Robert N. Easterly, Jr., Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Gregory Weddle, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued and briefed), Jerry G. Cunningham, U.S. Atty., Office of U.S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

W. Thomas Dillard (briefed), Kenneth F. Irvine (argued), Ritchie, Fels & Dillard, Knoxville, Tenn., for claimant-appellee.

Before KENNEDY and GUY, Circuit Judges, and LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The government appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to the claimant in this civil forfeiture action brought under 21 U.S.C. § 881. The district court found that the government had failed to establish probable cause to believe that the currency seized from the claimant was substantially connected to illegal drugs. We reverse and remand.

I.

On March 9, 1990, the claimant, Robert Easterly, Jr...

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