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U.S. v. $557,933.89, MORE OR LESS, IN U.S. FUNDS

Docket No. 00-6261.

287 F.3d 66 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $557,933.89, MORE OR LESS, IN U.S. FUNDS, Seized from Ramis A. Mercado-Filpo, and All Proceeds Traceable Thereto, Defendant, Ramis Mercado, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.C. Elso, Miami, FL, for the appellant.

Sarah J. Lum, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Varuni Nelson, Arthur P. Hui, on the brief), for Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, for the appellee.

Before: MESKILL, KEARSE, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial, claimant Ramon Mercado appeals a judgment of civil forfeiture entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Gleeson, J.) with respect to the defendant funds, which were seized from claimant after a routine security search at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The funds, well over a half-million dollars in value, consisted mostly of small-denomination money orders with no payor...

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