United States Seventh Circuit

In the civil forfeiture proceedings of defendant's home allegedly used to facilitate his illegal operation of Cuban cigar smuggling and distribution business, for which he was eventually convicted of, district court's judgment is affirmed where: 1) district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed as the court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss based on the statute of limitations, as the government filed its complaint within five years of the alleged offenses; 2) district court's grant of summary judgment on an income deficiency theory is affirmed; and 3) the property remains forfeited to the United States.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/06/2009
• Decided 06/09/2010
• Published 06/09/2010

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roger H. Dusberger, Chicago, IL, for Richard S. Connors.


• For Appellees:
  
• James M. Kuhn, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.