United States Fourth Circuit

Third-party petitioner who retained a security interest in property seized in a forfeiture proceeding lacked a legal interest in property, since, under Maryland law, his record land installment contract conveyed all interest to the buyer subject to the forfeiture.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/03/2001
• Decided 05/24/2001
• Published 05/24/2001

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Steven Richard Freeman, Freeman, Wolfe & Greenbaum, P.A., Towson, MD, for Appellant. Susan Leslie Strawn, Trial Attorney, Office of Consumer Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Office of Consumer Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee.