Jeff S. Gough v. United States of America, Jeff S. Gough v. United States

974 F.2d 1342 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jeff S. GOUGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Jeff S. GOUGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 91-55483, 91-55484. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 19, 1992. * Decided Sept. 3, 1992. 1 Before KILKENNY, GOODWIN and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Gough, an inmate serving a 135-month sentence for conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine, appeals pro se from the district court's summary denial of his Motion for Return of Property following a decree of forfeiture to the United States of Gough's 1981 Jeep and $2,680 in currency. Gough argues, inter alia, that the government violated his due process rights by failing to provide him with proper notice of the forfeiture proceedings. We vacate and remand for further proceedings. 4 Although neither party to this appeal has raised any question of the…