The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in CARVAJAL v. USA, No. 06-55868, an appeal in a civil action against the United States. The panel consisted of John R. Gibson, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.

GRABER, Circuit Judge:
The main question that we must decide is whether the principles announced in United States v. $227,000 U.S. Currency, 69 F.3d 1491 (9th Cir. 1995), survive the enactment of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (”CAFRA”) (codi. . .

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