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U.S. v. U.S. CURRENCY

No. 965, Docket 92-6252.

18 F.3d 73 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES CURRENCY IN the AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE DOLLARS ($145,139.00) and One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) in Travelers Checks, More or Less, Defendants, Joseph Efiong Etim, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. De Vita, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY (Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty. for the Eastern Dist. of New York, Robert L. Begleiter, Varuni Nelson, Asst. U.S. Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Donald A. Harwood, New York City (Harwood & Neville, on the brief), for claimant-appellant.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Efiong Etim appeals from a summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, J.) declaring $145,139 in currency and $150 in travelers checks forfeited to the United States. See 803 F.Supp. 592 (E.D.N.Y.1992). We affirm.

On March 3, 1990, Etim went to the John F. Kennedy International Airport with the intention of boarding...

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