ALVAREZ v. CITY OF PLANTATION

No. 4D02-1796.

824 So.2d 339 (2002)

Katie ALVAREZ, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PLANTATION, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Wisotsky of Steven Wisotsky, P.A., Coconut Grove, and Ronald R. Torres of Ronald R. Torres, P.A., Miami, for petitioner.

Mark A. Levy and Thomas R. Tatum of Brinkley, McNerney, Morgan, Solomon & Tatum, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.


KLEIN, J.

The City of Plantation seized, under our civil forfeiture law, currency and jewelry owned by petitioner. Alleging that the city is denying her due process rights by improperly delaying post-seizure proceedings, petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition, citing In re Forfeiture of One (1) 1994 Honda Prelude, 730 So.2d 334 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). In Honda Prelude the fifth district granted a writ of prohibition,...

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