United States v. One 1986 Ford Pickup

56 F.3d 1181 64 USLW 2047 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ONE 1986 FORD PICKUP, CA LICENSE NO. 2W03753, VIN 2FTJW36L6GCA99688, Its Tools and Appurtenances, Defendant. Ernie R. Sanders, Claimant-Appellant. No. 93-55367. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 7, 1995. Decided June 8, 1995. Richard A. Derevan and Gerda M. Roy, Snell & Wilmer, Irvine, CA, for claimant-appellant. Donald D. Clausen, on brief, and John A. Houston, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before: BROWNING, D.W. NELSON and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 * A confidential informant told federal law enforcement officials that Claimant-Appellant Ernie Sanders was a large-scale marijuana trafficker who had a Mexican source in Phoenix, Arizona. The informant stated that he and several others had assisted Sanders in distributing two 1000-pound loads of marijuana in New York and New Jersey. The informant also stated that he met with Sanders a few weeks later in Vista, California, and delivered $30,000 to Sanders, which represented profits from the…