United States of America v. $19,000.00, more or less, in U.S. currency

Filing 6

ORDER granting 5 Motion for Default Judgment. Signed by Clerk on 2/12/19. (jla)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
vs.

PLAINTIFF
CIVIL NO. 3:18CV0089-MPM-RP

$19,000.00, MORE OR LESS,
IN U.S. CURRENCY

DEFENDANT

DEFAULT JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE
A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture in rem was filed on April 16, 2018, against the
Defendant property. The Complaint alleges that the Defendant property is subject to forfeiture
pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §881.
The Clerk of Court, upon review of this matter, finds as follows:
1. That pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(1), the Clerk of the Court has the authority to
enter this Default Judgment of Forfeiture as the Plaintiff=s claim is for a sum certain, namely, the
forfeiture of the Defendant Property $19,000.00 in U.S. Currency (18-USP-000236).
2.

Notice of this action was published on www.forfeiture.gov, an official government

website, as required by Rule G (4)(a)(iv)(C), for at least thirty (30) consecutive days.
Additionally, on June 19, 2018, a Notice of Judicial Forfeiture Proceedings was mailed via
Certified Mail to Robert Robertson to the address he previously provided to the United States
Postal Inspection Service. The notice provided that a claim was due to be filed on or before July
24, 2018. The Return Receipt was signed. No such valid claim has been filed.
3.

That a Request for Clerk=s Entry of Default, with the attached Declaration of Samuel

D. Wright, is on file in the office of the Clerk of this Court in this cause. Docket #3.

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5.

That on February 6, 2019, the Clerk of the Court properly entered a Default against

the Defendant property as no claim, answer or defense was filed by the above-stated dates or
within the time permitted by Rule G of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and
Maritime Claims.
6.

Docket #4.

That Plaintiff has requested that a Default Judgment of Forfeiture be entered against

the Defendant property.

Docket #5.

It is, therefore:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Defendant property, $19,000.00 in U.S.
Currency (18-USP-000236), shall be and is hereby FORFEITED to the United States of America
and no right, title or interest in said Defendant property shall exist in any other person or party.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Defendant Property
forfeited to the United States shall be disposed of by the United States in accordance with
applicable law.
SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED this the 12th day of February, 2019.
DAVID CREWS
CLERK OF COURT
By:

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s/ Jennifer L. Adams
DEPUTY CLERK

Prepared and Submitted By:
/s/ SAMUEL D. WRIGHT
Samuel D. Wright [MB# 101425]
Assistant United States Attorney
900 Jefferson Ave.
Oxford, MS 38655
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