FISHER v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 96-10385-WGY.

931 F.Supp. 53 (1996)

Michael FISHER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Traini, Traini Law Offices, Chestnut Hill, MA, for Michael Fisher.

Michael Fisher, White Deer, PA, pro se.

Patrick M. Hamilton, U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for U.S.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

This petition for habeas corpus filed by Michael Fisher ("Fisher") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 presents the issue whether the administrative forfeiture of Fisher's automobile premised upon his involvement in a drug trafficking scheme precludes his later criminal conviction and sentence for that same scheme as violative of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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