United States v. One Parcel of

• Court: Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Decided: December 9, 1992
• Docket: 92-1011
• Status: Published

Opinion

USCA1 Opinion

December 9, 1992
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 92-1011 

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                         ONE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY WITH THE
                      BUILDING, APPURTENANCES, AND IMPROVEMENTS
                   KNOWN AS 752 BARK STREET, SWANSEA, MA., ET AL.,

                                Defendants-Appellants.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                       [Hon. Rya W. Zobel, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Marilyn M. Marciarelli on brief pro se.
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            A.  John  Pappalardo,  United  States  Attorney,  and  Laurie   J.
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        Sartorio, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
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district  court judgment of civil  forfeiture entered in  favor of the
                 Per Curiam.   Appellant, Marilyn Marciarelli, has appealed  a
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has  failed to  order  the trial  transcripts.   Valedon  Martinez  v.
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        appellant's contentions of district  court error, however, because she
        government after a two-day trial.  We can give no meaningful review of

Hospital Presbiteriano de la Comunidad, Inc., 806 F.2d 1128, 1135 (1st
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1358 (1st Cir. 1985); Fed. R. App. 10(b).  On the record before us, we

counsel  claim could arise from a civil forfeiture proceeding, but cf.
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                 Similarly,  even assuming  that an  ineffective assistance of

United States v. $250,000 in United States Currency, 808 F.2d 895, 900
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        discern neither error nor abuse of discretion.

without  the   full  range   of  constitutional   protections  usually
        (1st Cir. 1987) (forfeiture statutes are predominantly civil in nature
        Cir. 1986); Muniz  Ramirez v. Puerto Rico Fire  Servs., 757 F.2d 1357,
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associated with  criminal sanctions), we  have no basis  for reviewing

Accordingly, the district court judgment is affirmed.
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        appellant's complaints as to her trial counsel's conduct.