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U.S. v. $196,969.00 U.S. CURRENCY

No. 12-3414.

719 F.3d 644 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $196,969.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant. Rodney Johnson, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 11, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary Augustus Myers (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph Etling , Attorney Smock & Etling, Terre Haute, IN, for Claimant-Appellant.

Matthew A. Sheehan (argued), Attorney, Smock & Etling, Terre Haute, IN, for Defendant.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a companion case to United States v. Funds in the Amount of $574,840, No. 12-3568, also decided today, also involving civil forfeiture of property connected to criminal activity.

In the present case Indiana police recovered a large amount of cash in a search of the home of a suspected drug dealer named Rodney Johnson. The state turned over the money to the federal government for forfeiture proceedings — a common...

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