Case Name: In re US CURRENCY, $844,520.00, Dennis COLE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1998-02-19
Citations: 136 F.3d 581
Docket Number: No. 97-2210
Parties: In re US CURRENCY, $844,520.00, Dennis COLE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 136
Pages: 581–584

Head Matter:
In re US CURRENCY, $844,520.00, Dennis COLE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 97-2210.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 7, 1997.
Decided Feb. 19, 1998.
Bernard M. Panetta, II, El Paso, TX, for Appellant.
Frances Reddis, Asst.U.SAtty., Kansas City, MO, for Appellee.,
Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Dennis Cole appeals district court orders denying his motion for return of property pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(e). Cole seeks to recover $844,520 that was administratively forfeited by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in June 1994. See 19 U.S.C. § 1607(a)(4), 1609; 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). The money was seized after Cole was stopped for speeding on an interstate highway in western Missouri. Although Cole received timely notice of the DEA forfeiture action, he did not contest the forfeiture by filing a claim and bond, as 19 U.S.C. § 1608 requires. In these eircumstances, the district court properly rejected Cole's attempt to collaterally attack the administrative forfeiture. See Muhammed v. Drug Enforcement Agency, 92 F.3d 648, 651-52 (8th Cir.1996). Accordingly, we affirm.