United States v. Stephanie Smith

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 17 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-55714

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-01156-ODW-RAO v.

MEMORANDUM*

STEPHANIE SMITH,

Claimant-Appellant,

v.

$208,420.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Otis D. Wright II, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 8, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: M. SMITH, BADE, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Claimant-Appellant Stephanie Smith appeals from the district court’s order

denying her motion for reconsideration of her request for a stay of civil forfeiture

proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 981(g)(2). We dismiss Smith’s appeal for lack of

jurisdiction.

Before the district court Smith argued that…