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U.S. v. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PERUVIAN OIL ON CANVAS

No. 1:08cv345 (JCC).

597 F.Supp.2d 618 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PERUVIAN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING OF the "DOBLE TRINIDAD" or "Sagrada Familia con Espiritu Santo y Dios Padre", and Seventeenth Century Peruvian Oil on Canvas Painting of "San Antonio de Padua" and "Santa Rosa de Lima", Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

February 12, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefan Dante Cassella, United States Attorney Office, Alexandria, VA, for Plaintiff.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES C. CACHERIS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the Government's Motion for Summary Judgment. For the following reasons, the Court will grant the motion.

I. Background

The undisputed facts are as follows. In the late summer or early fall of 2005, Exipion Ernesto Ortiz-Espinoza ("Claimant"), a citizen of Bolivia, brought two paintings into the United States from Bolivia. The paintings include...

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