SARIT v. U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN.

No. 92-2001.

987 F.2d 10 (1993)

Jorge SARIT and Dennie Espaillat, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Cicilline, Providence, RI, for appellants.

Rachel V. Lee, Trial Atty., Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Helene M. Goldberg, Director, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Michael P. Iannotti, Asst. U.S. Atty. for the District of Rhode Island and Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty. Providence, RI, for the District of Rhode Island were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, CYR, Circuit Judge.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case involves plaintiffs-appellants' attempts to recover $41,448.00 in U.S. currency, which was seized by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") and has now been forfeited. In their civil action under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 against the DEA and its agents, plaintiffs appeal two rulings by the district court. First, plaintiffs challenge the court's grant of partial summary judgment for the defendants upon its finding...

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