Dist. Ct. did not err in denying motion by member of Outlaws Motorcycle Club gang to intervene in govt. action seeking to obtain forfeiture order with respect to Outlaws paraphernalia/clothing that had been seized by FBI following arrests of gang members on RICO and drug trafficking charges. While intervenor claimed that he was entitled to notice with respect to said forfeiture proceeding because he had been elected by gang members to protect and manage all gang paraphernalia, and because said paraphernalia was owned by gang, as opposed to any individual gang member, intervenor failed to establish what property interest gang had in said paraphernalia. Moreover, affidavit supplied by intervenor did not identify origins of paraphernalia or explain gang’s relationship at its inception.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Forfeiture