POLANCO v. U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN.

No. 502, Docket No. 96-2905.

158 F.3d 647 (1998)

Andre Lopez POLANCO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

(Andre Lopez Polanco, Fort Dix, NJ, pro se.)

(Thomas J. Maroney, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York; William C. Pericak, Assistant United States Attorney, Albany, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: CARDAMONE, WALKER, and JACOBS, Circuit Judges.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

The pro se complaint alleges that on April 4, 1990, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") seized $6,920 in United States currency from plaintiff-appellant Andre Lopez Polanco, and that the government violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment by failing to notify Polanco that it intended to forfeit the property. The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Scullin, J.)...

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