No. 78-1106

Good Law
670 F.2d 810
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 10, 1979810California942 words

Opinion

Opinion

670 F.2d 810 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ONE 1976 PORSCHE 911S, VIN 911-6200323, CALIFORNIA LICENSE 090 NXC, its tools and appurtenances, Defendant-Appellant, Linda Gail Bowles, Claimant-Appellant. No. 78-1106. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 10, 1979. Michael S. Sideman, Ripley, Sideman & Meyer, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant. D. Michael Waltz, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before WALLACE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: 1 The claimant, Linda Bowles, appeals the judgment of the district court ordering the forfeiture of her automobile, which government officials seized after they found .226 grams of marijuana in the trunk during an inventory search. On appeal, Bowles contends because the automobile contained such a small quantity of marijuana, forfeiture is unconscionable. Because the relevant statutes require forfeiture without regard to the amount of the contraband found in the vehicle, we affirm the judgment of the district court. 2 Bowles' vehicle was delivered to a…

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