United States of America v. Approximately $98,100.00 in U.S. Currency et al

Filing 3

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 2/9/2016 ORDERING The USA applies for an order of publication; Rule G(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions (hereafter "S upplemental Rules") provides that the United States shall cause public notice of the action to be given in a newspaper of general circulation or on the official internet government forfeiture site. A statement that answers to the Complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the FRCP must be filed and served within 21 days after the filing of the claims and, in the absence thereof, default may be entered and condemnation ordered. (Reader, L)

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1 4 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN Assistant U. S. Attorney 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 554-2700 5 Attorneys for the United States 2 3 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2:16-CV-00233-KJM-KJN 12 13 14 Plaintiff, APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR PUBLICATION v. APPROXIMATELY $98,100.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, 15 16 17 APPROXIMATELY $35,900.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, and APPROXIMATELY $40,000.00 IN MONEY ORDERS, 18 Defendants. 19 20 The United States of America applies for an order of publication as follows: 21 1. Rule G(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset 22 Forfeiture Actions (hereafter "Supplemental Rules") provides that the United States shall cause 23 public notice of the action to be given in a newspaper of general circulation or on the official internet 24 government forfeiture site; 25 2. Local Rule 171, Eastern District of California, provides that the Court shall designate 26 by order the appropriate newspaper or other vehicle for publication; 27 3. The defendant Approximately $98,100.00 in U.S. Currency (“defendant $98,100.00”) 28 was seized in the city of Sacramento, in Sacramento County, California. Beginning on or about 1 Application and Order 29 For Publication 30 1 November 30, 2015, the Drug Enforcement Administration published notice of the non-judicial 2 forfeiture of the defendant currency for 30 consecutive days on the official internet government 3 forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov. 4 The defendant Approximately $35,900.00 in U.S. Currency (“defendant $35,900.00”) and 5 defendant Approximately $40,000.00 in Money Orders (“defendant Money Orders” collectively 6 “defendant assets”) were seized in the city of Sacramento, in Sacramento County, California. 7 4. The United States proposes that publication be made as follows: 8 a. One publication; 9 b. Thirty (30) consecutive days; 10 c. On the official internet government forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov; 11 d. The publication is to include the following: 12 (1) The Court and case number of the action; 13 (2) The date(s) of the seizure(s)/posting; 14 (3) The identity and/or description of the property seized/posted; 15 (4) The name and address of the attorney for the United States; 16 (5) A statement that claims of persons entitled to possession or claiming 17 an interest pursuant to Supplemental Rule G(5) must be filed with the Court and served on the 18 attorney for the United States no later than 60 days after the first day of publication on the official 19 internet government forfeiture site; and 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 29 30 2 Application and Order For Publication (6) 1 A statement that answers to the Complaint or a motion under Rule 12 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Fed. R. Civ. P.") must be filed and served within 21 days 3 after the filing of the claims and, in the absence thereof, default may be entered and condemnation 4 ordered. 5 Dated: 2/5/16 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney 6 7 By: /s/ Kevin C. Khasigian KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN Assistant U.S. Attorney 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: February 9, 2016 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 Application and Order For Publication

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