United States Fourth Circuit

In a civil forfeiture case against property allegedly connected to drug trafficking, the government's complaint met the particularity in pleading requirement of Rule E(2)(a) of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2002
• Published 12/13/2002

Judges

• Before MICHAEL, Circuit Judge, HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and HILTON, Chief United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Bruce Wallace Simon, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellant.  Richard Charles Kay, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Joseph S. Lyons, Towson, Maryland, for Appellant.  Thomas M. DiBiagio, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.