United States v. Two Rural Lots ( 2001 )

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION–NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]
United States Court of Appeals
For the First Circuit
No. 00-1853
UNITED STATES,
Plaintiff, Appellee,
v.
TWO RURAL LOTS LOCATED AT ROAD 421, MOCA, PUERTO RICO,
Defendant,
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VICTOR M. VALLE-LASSALLE,
Appellant.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
[Hon. Héctor M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Boudin, Chief Judge,
Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
Victor M. Valle-Lassalle on brief pro se.
Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Miguel A. Fernandez,
Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Jose Javier Santos Mimoso,
Assistant U.S. Attorney, on brief for appellee.
June 25, 2001
Per Curiam. The district court orders rejecting
appellant's challenge to the "default decree of forfeiture,"
which was entered on February 26, 1999, are hereby affirmed.
The record clearly establishes that appellant received
notice of the forfeiture proceeding; indeed, it shows that
he received more notice than was constitutionally required.
See Whiting v. United States, 231 F.3d 70, 76-77 (1 st Cir.
2000). And the alternative version of events advanced by
appellant on appeal--that a second forfeiture proceeding was
initiated after the first one was terminated--is likewise
belied by the record.
Affirmed. See Loc. R. 27(c).
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