United States of America v. $12,900.00 in United States Currency

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JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE re ECF No. 10 Plaintiff's motion for default judgment. Signed by Judge Howard D. McKibben on 3/19/2018.; Case terminated. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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Plaintiff,

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3:17-cv-739-HDM-WGC
JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

v.
$12,900.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY,

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Defendant.

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A verified Complaint for Forfeiture in Rem was filed on December 28, 2017. The Complaint

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alleges that the defendant U.S. Currency described in the caption, and all of such U.S. Currency, is

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property which constitutes proceeds traceable to the exchange of controlled substances in violation of

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Title II of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 801, et seq.) or constitutes money furnished or

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intended to be furnished by a person in exchange for a controlled substance or listed chemical in

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violation of Title II of the Controlled Substances Act and is, therefore, subject to forfeiture to the United

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States of America pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6).

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Process was fully issued in this action and returned according to law.

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Pursuant to a Summons and Warrant of Arrest in Rem for the Property issued by this Court on

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January 2, 2018, the United States Marshals Service arrested the defendant property on January 16,

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2018.

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Appropriate public notice of this forfeiture action and arrest was given to all persons and entities

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by publication of an appropriate notice via the official internet government forfeiture site,
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www.forfeiture.gov, compliant with Rule G(4), Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims

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and Asset Forfeiture Actions.

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Statutory notice of this action compliant with Rule G(4), Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or

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Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions, was given to known prospective claimants, including

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Duran James Jones, Jaccob Porter Pate, Kara Mason, and Virginia Mason.

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No verified claim, answer, or other permissible response has been filed by any person in

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accordance with Rule G(5)(b), Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset

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Forfeiture Actions, and the time provided by Rule G(5) for the filing of such a response has expired.

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Default was entered on March 14, 2018, of the defendant funds and all other persons or entities

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who claim an interest in the defendant property including Duran James Jones, Jaccob Porter Pate, Kara

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Mason, and Virginia Mason.

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Now, therefore, good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED
that Judgment be and is entered against the defendant,
$12,900.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY,

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and against all persons and/or entities, having any interest in such property and that the defendant

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property be, and the same is, hereby forfeited to the United States of America and no right, title, or

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interest in the defendant property shall exist in any other party. The defendant property shall be disposed

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of according to law.

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March 19
DATED _______________, 2018.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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