U.S. v. Medina-Sosa

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ONEL MEDINA-SOSA, Defendant

Court: United States District Court, W.D. New York

Date published: Apr 5, 2011

05-CR-6062L (W.D.N.Y. Apr. 5, 2011)

Opinion

05-CR-6062L.

April 5, 2011

DECISION AND ORDER

DAVID LARIMER, Chief District Judge

Defendant moves (Dkt. #181 and Dkt. #190), pro se, for an order pursuant to FED. R. CRIM. P. 41(g) for the return of property. The Government responded to defendant's motions (Dkt. #195).

For the reasons advanced by the Government in its response, I deny the motions. The property that defendant seeks to be returned was seized not by an agency of the Federal Government but by the Rochester City Police Department. Based on the authority cited by the Government, this Court has no jurisdiction to order the return of property that was not, and is not, in the possession of the United States or one of its agencies.

CONCLUSION

Defendant's motions (Dkt. #181 and Dkt. #190) for the return of seized property are in all respects denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.