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

Filing 30

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Edward J. Garcia on 01/12/10 EXTENDING THE STAY; the Scheduling Conference is CONTINUED to 07/30/10 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 8 (EJG) before Senior Judge Edward J. Garcia. A joint status report is due 14 days prior. (Benson, A.)

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 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 STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY, ORDER THEREON

DATE: January 29, 2010 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 September 17, 2007, the parties submitted a joint request to stay proceedings in this civil 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." et al., 2:07-CR-0025 EJG. United States v. Wei Jie Ma,

Claimant Wei Jie Ma is now awaiting

J O I N T REQUEST TO EXTEND STAY AND O R D E R THEREON [PROPOSED] 1

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sentencing on those charges.

Ma's sentencing has been continued

several times, and is now scheduled for June 15, 2010. Accordingly, the parties jointly request that this matter be stayed an additional six months, until July 30, 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: January 12, 2010 By:

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 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 (as authorized on January 12, 2010) SARA RIEF Attorney for claimants Wei Jie Ma and Cindy Woo

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

DATED: January 12, 2010

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 July 30, 2010. The scheduling conference

scheduled for January 29, 2010, is rescheduled to July 30, 2010. A joint status report is to be filed fourteen days prior to the hearing. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 12, 2010 _/s/ Edward J. Garcia EDWARD J. GARCIA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE