U.S. v. $21,282.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 94-1122.

47 F.3d 972 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. TWENTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO DOLLARS, IN U.S. CURRENCY, Defendant, Ralph Pennig; Geraldine Pennig; Gary Pennig; Carolle Thomas-Pennig, Appellants, UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. 1991 FORD 4X4 EXPLORER, ONE, EDDIE BAUER EDITION, V.I.N. IFMCU24X8MUB87793, Defendant, Ralph Pennig; Geraldine Pennig; Gary Pennig; Carolle Thomas-Pennig, Appellants, UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN U.S. CURRENCY, Defendant, Ralph Pennig; Geraldine Pennig; Gary Pennig; Carolle Thomas-Pennig, Appellants, UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN U.S. CURRENCY, Defendant, Geraldine Pennig; Ralph Pennig; Carolle Thomas-Pennig; Gary Pennig, Appellants, UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. 1991 33' CARVER AFT CABIN BOAT, Known as the "Why Knot II", Bearing Hull # 977962, one, Defendant, Geraldine Pennig; Ralph Pennig; Gary Pennig; Carolle Thomas-Pennig, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis B. Johnson and Craig E. Cascarano, Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Mary J. Madigan, Asst. U.S. Atty., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, LOKEN and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Ralph Pennig, Geraldine Pennig, Gary Pennig, and Carolle Thomas-Pennig1 appeal from the final judgment entered in the District Court2 for the District of Minnesota, granting summary judgment to the government and forfeiting defendant property. For reversal, the Pennigs argue only that the forfeiture violated the Excessive Fines Clause of the...

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