Millan-Couvertier v. USA - TREA

USCA1 Opinion









November 9, 1995 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 94-2038

SIXTO MILLAN COUVERTIER, ET AL.,

Appellants,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellee.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge] ___________________

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Torruella, Chief Judge, ___________

Cyr and Lynch, Circuit Judges. ______________

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Harry R. Segarra for appellants. ________________
Maria Hortensia Rios Gandara, Assistant United States Attorney, ____________________________
with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, was on brief for ______________
appellee.


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Per Curiam. Following full briefing and oral argument Per Curiam. ___ ______

in this appeal from a district court order dismissing plaintiffs'

civil action under 19 U.S.C. 1305 for lack of jurisdiction, we

summarily affirm the district court order, without prejudice to

any right appellants may have to institute mandamus proceedings

to require the institution of a section 1305 proceeding by the

United States Attorney, a collateral attack on the forfeiture

proceeding in a new civil action premised on federal question

jurisdiction, under 28 U.S.C. 1331, and any other administra-

tive or judicial proceeding for appropriate relief. The govern-

ment's so-called "Motion In Compliance With Order Issued On

October 6, 1995" is hereby stricken from the record. The parties

shall bear their own costs.

SO ORDERED. SO ORDERED. __ _______


























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