The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Real Property Described as Lot 18, 92 F.3d 1195 (9th Cir. 1994):
Anastasiou never opposed the government's motion to stay the civil forfeiture action, nor did he file a motion for relief from the stay. We therefore do not consider this issue. See Ratanasen v. California Dept. of Health Servs., 11 F.3d 1467, 1473 (9th Cir.1993) (court of appeals will usually not consider an issue not raised below unless injustice will result or public policy requires it).
4. Probable Cause
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