U.S. v. VAZQUEZ-ALVAREZ

Docket No. 12-2562-cr.

760 F.3d 193 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alberto VAZQUEZ-ALVAREZ, Claimant-Appellant, Approximately $750,000.00 in United States Currency, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Rafael Rivera-Rodriguez , San Juan, PR, for Claimant-Appellant Alberto Vazquez-Alvarez.

Martin S. Bell , Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, ( Preet Bhara , United States Attorney, Justin Anderson , Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief) New York, NY, for Appellee United States of America.

Before: POOLER, PARKER, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Alberto Vazquez-Alvarez appeals from the June 19, 2012 order of forfeiture entered into the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Barbara S. Jones, J.) seizing roughly $750,000 in cash. On appeal, Vazquez-Alvarez argues that the district court erred in granting the government's motion for a default judgment against the res without first considering his motion to dismiss for...

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