United States Eleventh Circuit

In a civil forfeiture action pursuant to 21 U.S.C. section 881(a)(6), the government's case falls short of the probable-cause line due to a complete lack of evidence connecting seized money directly to illegal narcotics.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/22/2003
• Published 01/23/2003

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Douglas L. Williams, Miami, FL, for Stanford., Madeleine R. Shirley, Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Atty., Jeanne Marie Mullenhoff, Miami, FL, for U.S.