United States of America v. Approximately $9,000.00 in U.S. Currency et al

Filing 28

ORDER signed by Senior Judge Edward J. Garcia on 8/4/2009 ORDERING that this matter is STAYED until 1/29/2010 and the scheduling conference set for 8/21/2009 is CONTINUED to 1/29/2010 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 8 (EJG) before Senior Judge Edward J. Garcia. A joint status report to be filed 14 days prior to the hearing. (Engbretson, K.)

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LAWRENCE G. BROWN United States Attorney KRISTIN S. DOOR, SBN 84307 Assistant United States Attorney 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. APPROXIMATELY $9,000.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, and APPROXIMATELY $4,580.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, Defendants.

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2:07-CV-1290 EJG/GGH JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND STAY, ORDER THEREON

DATE: August 21, 2009 TIME: 9:00 a.m. COURTROOM:10

Plaintiff United States of America and claimants Wei Jie Ma and Cindy Woo submit the following Joint Request to Extend Stay and Order Thereon (Proposed). On April 28, 2009, the parties submitted a joint request to extend the stay previously entered in this action due to criminal charges pending against claimant Ma in this district (one count of "Conspiracy to Manufacture and Possess with Intent to Distribute at Least 1,000 Marijuana Plants," and one count of "Manufacturing at Least 1,000 Marijuana Plants." v. Wei Jie Ma, et al., 2:07-CR-0025 EJG.
J O I N T REQUEST TO EXTEND STAY AND O R D E R THEREON [PROPOSED] 1

United States

At that time claimant

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Wei Jie Ma was awaiting sentencing on federal drug trafficking charges, and was scheduled to be sentenced on July 10, 2009. Ma's sentencing has been continued again and is now scheduled for January 15, 2009. Accordingly, the parties jointly request that

this matter be stayed an additional six months, until January 29, 2010. Assuming that claimant is sentenced as scheduled, the

parties will then ask the court to lift the stay and fully schedule this case. DATED: July 29, 2009 By: LAWRENCE G. BROWN Acting United States Attorney /s/ Kristin S. Door KRISTIN S. DOOR Assistant U.S. Attorney Attorney for plaintiff LAW OFFICES OF HANLON & RIEF By: /s/ Sara Rief SARA RIEF Attorney for claimants Wei Jie Ma and Cindy Woo (Original signatures maintained by plaintiff) ORDER For the reasons set forth above, this matter is stayed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(g)(1), 981(g)(2) and 21 U.S.C. § 881(i) until January 29, 2010. The scheduling conference

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J O I N T REQUEST TO EXTEND STAY AND O R D E R THEREON [PROPOSED] 2

DATED: July 30, 2009

scheduled for August 21, 2009, is rescheduled to January 29, 2010. A joint status report is to be filed fourteen days prior

to the hearing. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: August 4, 2009 /s/ Edward J. Garcia EDWARD J. GARCIA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE