Gerald Ronald Ivers, A/K/A James Ivan Thurston v. United States of America, Gerald Ronald Ivers, A/K/A James Ivan Thurston, and v. United States of America, Cross-Claimant and Forty Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars Eighty Six Cents ($40,998.86) in U. S. Currency, Cross-Defendant

581 F.2d 1362 Gerald Ronald IVERS, a/k/a James Ivan Thurston, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees. Gerald Ronald IVERS, a/k/a James Ivan Thurston, Claimant and Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Cross-Claimant and Defendant-Appellant, Forty Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars Eighty Six Cents ($40,998.86) in U. S. Currency, Cross-Defendant. Nos. 76-1074, 76-1075. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Sept. 18, 1978. 1 Neil Jon Bloomfield, C. Clay Greene (argued), Sausalito, Cal., for Gerald Ronald Ivers. 2 Michael C. D'Amelio, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for the U. S. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 4 Before KILKENNY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, * District Judge. PALMIERI, District Judge: 5 On October 6, 1973, appellant Gerald Ronald Ivers, a Canadian citizen who had been twice deported from the United States under the name James Ivan Thurston, entered this country at the San Francisco International Airport on a flight from Vancouver, British Columbia. At that time he was carrying a total of $40,998.86 in United States…