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U.S. v. ONE 1970 36.9' COLUMBIA SAILING BOAT

No. 95-3158.

91 F.3d 1053 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. ONE 1970 36.9' COLUMBIA SAILING BOAT, Known as the "Delphene", License No. CF8540EN, I.D. No. 696168 With All Appurtenances Thereto, Defendant. John Walter Piner, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Hickman, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for appellant.

Francis X. Hermann, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, MN, argued, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, MAGILL, Circuit Judge, and VAN SICKLE, Senior District Judge.

VAN SICKLE, Senior District Judge.

John Walter Piner, the Claimant, appeals the decision of the district court1 granting the United States' motion for forfeiture of a boat formerly owned by Piner, a 1970 36.9' Columbia Sailing Boat, known as the "Delphene." We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Carl Thompsen and Ronald Scoggins planned to import marijuana from Colombia. They met the Claimant...

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