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053295P.pdf 08/18/2006 USA v. $124,700.00
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-3295
District of Nebraska
[PUBLISHED][Colloton, Author, with Arnold and Lay, Circuit Judges]
Civil Forfeiture. District court's grant of judgment in favor of claimants
in civil forfeiture case brought by government is reversed. Evidence as a
whole demonstrates by a preponderance that there was a substantial
connection between currency and a drug trafficking offense. Large sum of
cash is strong evidence of a connection, method it was concealed, route of
travel, canine alert, inability to identify key party, and unusual rental
car papers. Judge Lay dissents.