Von Neumann v. United States

729 F.2d 657 John VON NEUMANN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Secretary of the Treasury; Commissioner of Customs; and District Director of Customs for the Port of Seattle, District 30.01, Defendants-Appellees. No. 79-3761. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 30, 1984. Richard V. Sandler, Sandler & Rosen, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Stephen D. Petersen, Howard D. Gest, Asst. U.S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendants-appellees; Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. On Remand from the United States Supreme Court. Before TANG and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and PRICE, * District Judge. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge. 1 This case was remanded by the United States Supreme Court for further consideration in light of United States v. Eight Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($8,850) in United States Currency, --- U.S. ----, 103 S.Ct. 2005 , 76 L.Ed.2d 143 (1983) (hereinafter referred to as $8,850 ). The issue on remand is whether the United States Bureau of Customs (Customs) violated due process in handling an administrative petition for remission or mitigation of the forfeiture of an automobile…