U.S. v. $11,071,188.64

No. 15-1743.

825 F.3d 365 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ELEVEN MILLION SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND SIXTY-FOUR CENTS ($11,071,188.64) IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, More or Less, Seized from LaOstriches & Sons, Inc., Defendant. Laura Avila Barraza; LaOstriches and Sons, Inc., Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Benjamin Samuel Waxman , of Miami, FL.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Vijay Shanker , AUSA, of Washington, DC. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; James C. Delworth , AUSA, of Saint Louis, MO., Jennifer Winfield , AUSA, of Saint Louis, MO., Aixa Maldonado-Quinones, AUSA, of Washington, DC.

Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


In December 2012, the United States filed an Amended Verified Complaint seeking civil forfeiture of $11,071,188.64 held in various banking and brokerage accounts in the United States by LaOstriches & Sons, Ltd. ("LaOstriches"), on the ground that the funds were money-laundered drug trafficking proceeds. See<...

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