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U.S. v. $9,041,598.68

No. 97-20413.

163 F.3d 238 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $9,041,598.68 (NINE MILLION FORTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT DOLLARS AND SIXTY EIGHT CENTS), Defendant, Mario Ruiz MASSIEU, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Beth Kempner, Paula Camille Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

J.A. Canales, Namcy M. Simonson, Canales & Simonson, Corpus Christi, TX, Cathy Fleming, Fischbein, Badillo, Wagner & Harding, New York City, for Claimant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, BARKSDALE and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of forfeiture, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) and 18 U.S.C. § 981, of $9,041,598.68 in United States currency. Appellant, Mario Ruiz Massieu ("Massieu"), contends that he is the owner of the forfeited funds and that the district court erred in (1) entering judgment in favor of the Government as to the entire amount of the defendant currency, (2) finding post-verdict that he had no standing to...

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