United States of America v. $4,010.00 in U. S. Currency

Filing 28

CONSENT ORDER - Signed by District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 09/08/2015. (Baker, C.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE NORTH CAROL]NA
NORTHERN DIVI S ION
NO. 2: L4-Cv-48-FL

UNITED STATES OE AMERICA,

Pfaintiff,
v.
$4,01-0.00 in U.S. Currency,
Defendant.
CONSENT ORDER

By signing beLow, the undersigned

parties have consented to the

entry of this Order and have informed the Court the following:
1.

They have settled the l-itigation in this matter.

2.

The parties'

settlement is neither a concession by the

United States that the defendant currency j.s not subject to
forfeiture nor

an admission

of wrongdoing by the Cl,aimants. Rather,

the parties' settlement is merely a compromise to avoid the delay7

uncertainty, inconvenience, and expense of protracted litigation of
the co'vernment's claims relati-ng to forfeiture of the defendant
currency.

ff is, therefore,
oRDERED

that Cfaimants shall forfeit to the Uni-ted States of

America $2,005.00 of the subject currency seized, to be disposed of

by the United States Department of Justice according to law;
ORDERED

that the United States

sha.L.I

return to the Claimants

$2,005.00 of the subject currency seized, less any debt owed to the

United States, any agency of the United States, or any other debt

in which the United States is authorized to co1lect.
made

Payment

to

be

payable to Claimants via electronic funds transfer by the U.S.

Marsha.I's Service according to the information provided by counsel

for

Claimants on the executed UFMS Vendor Request
ORDERED

Eorm;

that each party shall- bear its own attorneys' fees,

costs and expenses in this l-itigation;
Upon

to

c]os

the entry of this order, the Cferk of Court is

DIRECTED

e this case.

SO ORDERED

thiS 8th day of

September

, 20L5.

W. ELANAGAN
United States District
LOUISE

Consented to by:

Att

A.

eyf

WEST

United State s of America

WOOD

Attorney for Claimants Dorothy Victoria Stal1i
and Terry Lee Stalfings, Jr.

2_

ngs

Judge