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U.S. v. $31,000.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 16-4279.

872 F.3d 342 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $31,000.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, et al., Defendants, Taiwan Wiggins; Dalante Allison, Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 20, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL ON BRIEF: James R. Willis , Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Phillip J. Tripi , United States Attorney's Office, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: COLE, Chief Judge; BATCHELDER and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The federal law governing civil in rem forfeiture actions gives the government authority to seize items it suspects were used in furtherance of criminal activity and to commence civil in rem proceedings against the property without charging the property's owner with a crime. See United States...

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