United States v. 2,164 Watches, More Or Less, Bearing A Registered Trademark Of Guess?, Inc.

366 F.3d 767 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, Able Time, Inc., Claimant-Appellee, v. 2,164 WATCHES, MORE OR LESS, BEARING A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF GUESS?, INC.; 2,794 Watches, More or Less, Bearing a Registered Trademark of Tommy Hilfiger Licensing, Inc., Defendants. No. 02-57014. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 4, 2004. Filed April 28, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED John E. Lee, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant. Elon A. Pollack, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Robert M. Takasugi, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-11781-RMT. Before: REINHARDT, THOMPSON, and KIM WARDLAW, Circuit Judges. THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge: 1 The United States appeals a judgment on the pleadings against it in this civil forfeiture case. The district court determined that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because service of process had not been made "forthwith" as required by Supplemental Rule E(4)(a) for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, and the government had not shown good cause for the delay. 2 We…