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Parties Involved:
Antonio Triplett
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Robert T. Dawson, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2652

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Western

* District of Arkansas.

Antonio Triplett, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: June 8, 2007

Filed: July 23, 2007

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Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Antonio Triplett appeals the district court’s1

 order denying his motion for return

of seized property under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g). Because

Triplett’s property was seized in September 2000, his action was subject to the

provisions of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA), Pub. L. No.

106-185, 114 Stat. 202, codified in part at 18 U.S.C. § 983, which applies to forfeiture

actions initiated after August 23, 2000. See Mesa Valderrama v. United States, 417

F.3d 1189, 1195 (11th Cir. 2005). Under CAFRA, a person who does not receive

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notice in a nonjudicial civil forfeiture may move to set aside the forfeiture, but such

motion must be filed within 5 years after the date of final publication of the seizure

notice, and is the exclusive remedy to set aside a declaration of forfeiture. See 18

U.S.C. § 983(e). Triplett’s action, filed more than 5 years after the date of final

publication in the Wall Street Journal on November 20, 2000, is time-barred. See 18

U.S.C. § 983(e)(3). Accordingly, we affirm. 

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