U.S. v. REAL PROPERTY

No. 96-15720.

135 F.3d 1312 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REAL PROPERTY, Real Property located in Fresno County, commonly known as the Lido Motel, 5145 North Golden State Boulevard, Defendant, and Kanubhai Dayyabhai Patel, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peg Carew Toledo, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Sacramento, California, for claimant-appellant.

Clare K. Nuechterlein, Assistant United States Attorney, Fresno, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SKOPIL, D.W. NELSON, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Mr. Kanubhai Patel, seeks to set aside a default judgment entered by the magistrate judge against his interest in the defendant motel property. The United States initiated civil forfeiture proceedings in rem against the property after Patel was charged with committing drug-related criminal offenses on its premises. Patel challenges the magistrate judge's jurisdiction over the forfeiture action and seeks to have the forfeiture...

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