Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gary Lee SMITH, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-02-15
Citations: 409 F. App'x 984
Docket Number: No. 10-1455
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gary Lee SMITH, Appellant.
Judges: Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 409
Pages: 984–985

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gary Lee SMITH, Appellant.
No. 10-1455.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 11, 2010.
Filed: Feb. 15, 2011.
Gary Lee Smith, Marion, IL, pro se.
Katharine Fincham, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO (Beth Phillips, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.
Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Gary Lee Smith appeals the district court's denial in part of his Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g) motion to return property. Upon careful review, see Jackson v. United States, 526 F.3d 394, 396 (8th Cir.2008) (district court's legal conclusions are reviewed de novo and its findings of fact for clear error), this court finds no reversible error. Specifically, this court agrees that Smith was not entitled to the return of the Chevrolet Tahoe, which had been repossessed by a lienholder. See id. at 396-97 (government may satisfy its burden by showing cognizable claim of ownership or right to possession adverse to the movant's). This court also concludes Smith was not entitled to the return of the property that he admitted had been administratively forfeited, and as to which he first alleged insufficient notice more than five years after final publication of the notice of seizure. See 18 U.S.C. § 983(e)(1) (any person entitled to written notice in any nonjudicial civil forfeiture proceeding under civil forfeiture statute who does not receive such notice may file motion to set aside declaration of forfeiture), (e)(3) (motion under § 983(e)(1) may be filed not later than 5 years after date of final publication of notice of seizure of property), (e)(5) (motion filed under § 983(e) shall be exclusive remedy for seeking to set aside declaration of forfeiture under civil forfeiture statute).
Accordingly, we affirm.
. The Honorable Richard E. Dorr, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.