United States of America v. Currency $8,726

Filing 12

DEFAULT JUDGMENT and Final Order of Forfeiture against Currency $8,726. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
vs.

Civil No. 2:11-cv-14374
Honorable Robert H. Cleland
Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives

EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS
($8,726.00) IN U.S CURRENCY,
Defendant in rem.
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DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND FINAL ORDER OF FORFEITURE
This matter having come before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Default
Judgment and Final Order of Forfeiture, and the Court being fully advised in the premises, it is:
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Default
Judgment and Final Order of Forfeiture is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Defendant
Currency, Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars ($8,726.00) in United States
currency is hereby FORFEITED to the United States of America pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §
881(a)(6).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the right, title and
ownership interest of Christopher Dukes, or his successors and assignees, in such currency, and
any right, title and interest of all other persons, is hereby and forever EXTINGUISHED, and
clear title to such currency is hereby VESTED in the United States of America.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the United States
Marshal Service for the Eastern District of Michigan, or its delegate, is hereby AUTHORIZED
to dispose of such currency in accordance with law.

s/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: March 12, 2012
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, March 12, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.

s/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]

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