United States v. 19673 Los Alimos Street

MEMORANDUM **

Solomon and Lily Tekle appeal pro se the district court’s summary judgment for the United States in a civil forfeiture action against $98,656.60 in U.S. currency, representing the proceeds of the sale of defendant real property located at 19673 Los Alimos Street, Chatsworth, California. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s denial of a motion to suppress, United States v. $191,910.00 in U.S. Currency, 16 F.3d 1051 , 1058 n. 14 (9th Cir.1994), and its grant of summary judgment, United States v. 3814 NW Thurman St., 164 F.3d 1191 , 1195 (9th Cir.1999). We affirm.

The district court properly denied Mr. Tekle’s suppression motion because he did not establish that the government’s execution of an arrest warrant for the subject property violated the standards set forth in United States v. James Daniel Good Real Prop., 510 U.S. 43 , 114 S.Ct. 492 , 126 L.Ed.2d 490 (1993). Moreover, the government did not base its motion for summary judgment in this forfeiture action on any of the evidence Mr. Tekle sought to suppress.

The district court properly granted summary judgment for the government because Mr. Tekle’s criminal…