United States Ninth Circuit

The principles announced in US v. $227,000 US Currency, 69 F.3d 1491 (9th Cir. 1995), survive the enactment of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA). Consequently, a ruling dismissing plaintiff's claim for interest on currency wrongfully seized by the government and then returned 10 months later, as well as a claim for attorney's fees, is reversed in part as to the claim for interest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/04/2008
• Decided 04/11/2008
• Published 04/11/2008

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  JOHN R. GIBSON,DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric Honig, Law Office of Eric Honig, Marina del Rey, CA, and Paul L. Gabbert, Santa Monica, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carla A. Ford, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.