UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. $88,000.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY

Filing 11

ORDER granting plaintiff's 6 Motion for Judgment and Final order of Forfeiture and adopting 9 Report and Recommendation of Chief Magistrate Judge Kelly as the opinion of the Court. Judgment and Final Order of Forfeiture to follow. The Clerk shall mark this case CLOSED. Signed by Judge David S. Cercone on 3/7/18. (njt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
$88,000.00 IN UNITED STATES
CURRENCY,
Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 17-1439
Judge David Stewart Cercone
Chief Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly

ORDER OF COURT
After counsel for Plaintiff filed a Motion for Judgment and Final Order of Forfeiture in
the above-captioned matter, Chief Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly filed a Report and
Recommendation giving the parties until February 21, 2018 to file written objections thereto. No
Objections having been filed, and upon independent review of the record, and upon
consideration of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, which is ADOPTED as
the opinion of this Court,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED this 7th day of March, 2018 that the Motion for Judgment
and Final Order of Forfeiture, ECF No. 6, is GRANTED. Judgment and Final Order of
Forfeiture to follow.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of
Appellate Procedure, if any party wishes to appeal from this Order a notice of appeal, as

provided in Fed. R. App. P. 3, must be filed with the Clerk of Court, United States District Court,
at 700 Grant Street, Room 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, within thirty (30) days.

s/ DAVID STEWART CERCONE
David Stewart Cercone
Senior United States District Judge

cc:

Honorable Maureen P. Kelly
Chief United States Magistrate Judge
David Lew, Esquire
(Via CM/ECF Electronic Mail)

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