132018P.pdf   05/02/2014  United States  v.  Terri Buczkowski
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-2018
                          and No:  13-2050
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Wollman and Bye, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Forfeiture. Where the government sought to forfeit properties 
   based on allegations they were used for the manufacture of drugs or had 
   been purchased with drug proceeds, the court's order granting the 
   government's motion to strike their claims would be reviewed de novo 
   because the district court interpreted the applicable civil forfeiture 
   notice provisions of Supplemental Rule G(4) in making its decision; the 
   government knew that the estate of Betty Mariani reasonably appeared to be 
   a potential claimant for the properties and it was required, therefore, to 
   give the estate direct notice of the proceedings; since the government did 
   not comply with the notice requirements, it was error for the district 
   court to find the claims were untimely, and the matter is remanded for 
   further proceedings; with respect to the government's argument that 
   claimants had actual notice, it could not be reasonable inferred from an 
   email that claimants knew not only the existence of the proceedings but 
   also the relevant deadlines, and the court would not impute actual notice 
   based on this communication.