Case Name: Barton Joseph ADAMS; Josephine Artillaga Adams, Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barton Joseph Adams; Josephine Artillaga Adams, Appellants, and $24,764.32, Defendant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barton Joseph Adams, Defendant-Appellant, Josephine Artillaga Adams, Claimant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-23
Citations: 667 F. App'x 36
Docket Number: No. 16-1408, No. 16-1409, No. 16-6519
Parties: Barton Joseph ADAMS; Josephine Artillaga Adams, Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barton Joseph Adams; Josephine Artillaga Adams, Appellants, and $24,764.32, Defendant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barton Joseph Adams, Defendant-Appellant, Josephine Artillaga Adams, Claimant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 36–37

Head Matter:
Barton Joseph ADAMS; Josephine Artillaga Adams, Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barton Joseph Adams; Josephine Artillaga Adams, Appellants, and $24,764.32, Defendant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barton Joseph Adams, Defendant-Appellant, Josephine Artillaga Adams, Claimant-Appellant.
No. 16-1408, No. 16-1409, No. 16-6519
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 21, 2016
Decided: June 23, 2016
Barton Joseph Adams, Josephine Artil-laga Adams, Appellants Pro Se. William J. Ihlenfeld, II, Office of the United States Attorney, Lynette Danae DeMasi-Lemon, Alan McGonigal, Michael D. Stein, Assistant United States Attorneys, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, Barton Joseph Adams and Josephine Artillaga Adams appeal the district court's order denying then1 motion for return of seized property. We affirm.
We review for abuse of discretion the district courts denial of a motion for return of property. United States v. Chambers, 192 F.3d 374, 376 (3d Cir. 1999). We may affirm on any ground appearing in the record. Bryant v. Bell Atl. Md., Inc., 288 F.3d 124, 132 (4th Cir. 2002). The Adams' motion for return of seized property was barred by the statute of limita tions because it was not filed within five years of the date of final publication of the notice of seizure. See 18 U.S.C. § 983(e)(1), (3) (2012). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order. Adams v. United States, No. 3:15-cv-00127-JPB-RWT (N.D.W. Va. Apr. 6, 2016); United States v. Adams, No. 3:09-mj-00024-JPB-JES-1 (N.D.W. Va. Apr. 6, 2016); United States v. Adams, No. 3:08-cr-00077-JPB-KWT-1 (N.D.W. Va. Apr. 6, 2016). We deny the motion to expedite decision and dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED