UNITED STATES v. 2008 33' CONTENDER MODEL TOURNAMENT VESSEL

No. 17-1925.

990 F.3d 725 (2021)

UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. 2008 33' CONTENDER MODEL TOURNAMENT VESSEL, Bearing Registration Number PR-5418AC, Serial No. JDJ33175H708 and Two Engines, Defendant-In Rem, Tania De Jesús-Gómez; Luquillo Boat Glass, Inc., Claimants, Appellants, Julio De Jesús-Gómez, Claimant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Rafael Rivera Rodríguez , San Juan, PR, on brief for appellants.

W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Francisco A. Besosa-Martinez , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before Kayatta, Boudin, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


In September 2012, the government brought this civil forfeiture action against a 2008 33' Contender Model Tournament Vessel, alleging that it had been used in a money laundering and drug trafficking conspiracy. After appellants repeatedly missed their discovery deadlines, the district court entered default judgment in favor...

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