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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher CLOSE, Defendant, and Lost Creek Trust, Claimant-Appellant.
    No. 18-30122
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Filed August 9, 2019
    Arthur M. Bistline, Bistline Law PLLC, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for Claimant-Appellant.
    William Humphries and Kevin T. Maloney, Assistant United States Attorneys; Bart M. Davis, United States Attorney; Office of the United States Attorney, Boise, Idaho; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    D.C. No. 2:03-cr-00069-EJL-1
    Before: Richard A. Paez and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges, and C. Ashley Royal, District Judge.
    ORDER
    
      
      The Honorable C. Ashley Royal, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, sitting by designation.
    
   We are presented with the issue whether an appeal of a third-party proceeding ancillary to a criminal forfeiture action should be treated as a "civil" or "criminal" case for purposes of determining the deadline to file a petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40(a). In a similar context, we have held that for purposes of determining the timeliness of an appeal related to a third-party petition to amend a criminal forfeiture order, the third-party proceeding will be considered "civil in nature." United States v. Alcaraz-Garcia , 79 F.3d 769, 772 n.4 (9th Cir. 1996). We see no reason to depart from that approach in this context. We therefore hold that an appeal from a third-party proceeding ancillary to a criminal forfeiture action should be treated as a civil appeal for purposes of applying Rule 40(a).

Accordingly, Appellant Lost Creek Trust's motion to reconsider (Dkt. No. 34) is GRANTED . The mandate is withdrawn. Appellant Lost Creek Trust's petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc (Dkt. No. 30) are ordered filed. The clerk shall circulate the petition for rehearing en banc to the whole court.