U.S. v. LOT NUMBERED ONE (1) OF LAVALAND ANNEX

No. 00-2072.

256 F.3d 949 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOT NUMBERED ONE (1) OF the LAVALAND ANNEX, a Subdivision of a tract of land in School District No. 28, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, as the same is shown and designated on the Map of said Subdivision, filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on June 12, 1941, and all improvements, appurtenances, and fixtures thereon, Defendant, and Relax Motel, Inc., Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ahmad Assed (Debrah Davidson and Laura Hague, with him on the briefs), Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Appellant.

Stephen R. Kotz, Assistant United States Attorney (Norman C. Bay, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the Appellee.

Before EBEL and HENRY, Circuit Judges, and ROGERS, District Judge.


HENRY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a civil forfeiture action brought by the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(7). The defendant property was purchased by Relax Motel, Inc. (RMI) in 1984. RMI, the claimant-appellant in this appeal, had its rights in the defendant property ordered forfeited by the district court. Certain lienhold interests were not ordered forfeited. RMI now argues that the district...

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