Court Opinion

ID: 9486833
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:01:53.677828+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:51:57.844421
License: Public Domain

*1162MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge,
concurring in result:
I concur in so much of the majority ruling as holds that notice to Rafael Torres was insufficient because he was in the government’s custody when delivery of notice of forfeiture was unsuccessfully attempted. When the government seeks forfeiture of property of a person who is at the time in government custody, the agency that initiates the forfeiture must find out in what government facility the person is being held and send the notice to the right place.
I do not join in the majority’s theory that the record suggests the possibility of a constructive trust in favor of Clara Torres giving her standing if adequate notice to Rafael Torres had been given.