UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Harris Personal Property et al

Filing 12

ORDER granting 10 Motion for Default Judgment. Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 4/18/2012. (Sawyer, D.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

WESTERN DIVISION

NO.
5:11-CV-93-D

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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HARRIS PERSONAL PROPERTY,
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SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED AS:
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A MOSSBERG, 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN,
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MODEL 500A, SERIAL NUMBER L615961;
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A BSA 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN, MODEL SA212,)
SERIAL NUMBER 18151; AND ANY AND
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ALL ACCOMPANYING AMMUNITION,
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Defendants.
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DEFAULT JUDGMENT

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for
Default Judgment.

It appearing that a copy of the Complaint

herein was served upon the potential claimant of the defendants
and that publication has been duly made, in accordance with
Supplemental Rule G(4), and, thus, that due notice was given
accordingly, the Court finds that:
1.

Process was duly issued in this cause and the defendants

were duly seized by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives pursuant to said process;
2.

No entitled persons have filed any claim to the

defendants nor answer regarding it within the time fixed by law;
and

3.

The well-plead allegations of the Complaint in respect

to the defendants are taken as admitted, as no one has appeared
to deny the same.
Based upon the above findings,

it is hereby

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:

1.

Default judgment be and the same is hereby entered

against the defendants;
2.

All persons claiming any right, title, or interest in or

to the said defendants is held in default;
3.

The defendants are forfeited to the United States of

America; and
4.

The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

rearms

and Explosives is hereby directed to dispose of the defendant
according to law, including destruction.
SO ORDERED this ~ day of

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C. DEVER, I I I
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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