US v. Sills

Filing 920070724

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1077

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus MATTHEW M. SILLS, Claimant - Appellant, and $11,500.00 in US CURRENCY, Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior District Judge. (5:05-cv-00418-BR)

Submitted: July 19, 2007

Decided:

July 24, 2007

Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Matthew M. Sills, Appellant Pro Se. George Edward Bell Holding, United States Attorney; Neal Irving Fowler, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Claimant Matthew M. Sills appeals the district court's order entering judgment against defendant currency in this

forfeiture proceeding under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) (2000). reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

We have

Accordingly, we

affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Sills, No. 5:05-cv-00418-BR (E.D.N.C. Dec. 22, 2006). We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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