SHIEPE v. U.S.

Court No. 92-03-00214, Slip Op. No. 94-166.

866 F.Supp. 1430 (1994)

Abraham SHIEPE and Brenda Colwell, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States Court of International Trade.

October 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Fertman, P.C., Leonard M. Fertman, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs.

Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph I. Liebman, Atty. in Charge, Intern. Trade Field Office, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, and Carla Garcia-Benitez, Washington, DC, for defendant.


OPINION

MUSGRAVE, Judge.

Plaintiffs challenge the Customs Service's failure to refund monies deposited by plaintiffs to secure the return of their vehicle which the Customs Service had seized. The government asserts that this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear the merits of this case.

Background

On February 7, 1986, the United States Customs Service ("Customs") released a Mercedes Benz automobile to plaintiff Abraham...

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