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U.S. v. 489 CASES SHRIMP

No. 98-2229 Non-Argument Calendar.

154 F.3d 1261 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 489 CASES SHRIMP, packed by Zhousban Import and Export Corporation of Zhejiang, China, Defendant, Sigma International, Inc., Claimant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 462,000 POUNDS OF FROZEN SHRIMP, Located anywhere on the premises of Sigma International, Inc., 333 16th Avenue So., St. Petersburg, Florida, Defendant, Sigma International, Inc., Claimant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 6,343 CASES SHRIMP, Located at Sigma International, Inc., 333 16th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida, Defendant, Sigma International, Inc., Claimant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 900 CASES SHRIMP, Located at Sigma International, Inc., 333 16th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida, Defendant, Sigma International, Inc., Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Jung, Tampa, FL, for Appellants.

David P. Rhodes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BLACK and HULL, Circuit Judges, and FAY, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The question presented is whether or not the district court abused its discretion in requiring Sigma to pay the expenses incurred by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. We hold the award was proper and not an abuse of discretion.

Sigma engaged in a scheme to bring adulterated shrimp into the United States where the shrimp was to be sold fraudulently. Federal agents executed a search warrant and discovered the adulterated...

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