LONGENETTE v. KRUSING

No. 00-3690.

322 F.3d 758 (2003)

William LONGENETTE, Appellant v. Peter KRUSING; William E. Perry, Special Agent FBI; Federal Bureau of Investigation

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: March 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Noreika (Argued), Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Bonnie R. Schlueter, Esquire, Paul E. Skirtich (Argued), Office of United States Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, SCIRICA and McKEE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This case involves an administrative forfeiture proceeding of a motor vehicle allegedly used in certain drug transactions. The pro se prisoner's claim of ownership was dismissed as untimely. At issue is whether to apply the prison mailbox rule.

I.

On August 30, 1990, federal authorities arrested William Longenette on drug-related charges. One day later, special agents of the FBI seized his 1985...

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