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Nature of Suit Code: 625
Nature of Suit: Drug Related Seizure of Property
Cause of Action: 21:881 Forfeiture Property-Drugs

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR SETTLEMENT AND ENTRY OF JUDGMENT 

486591.01 CASE NO. C 10-0167 VRW 

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP 

ELLIOT R. PETERS - #158708 

BROOK DOOLEY - #230423 

GALIA A. PHILLIPS - #230423 

MATAN SHACHAM - #262348 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Telephone: (415) 391-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

Attorneys for Claimant 

JIA YUE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

$10,000 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, 

Defendant. 

 

Case No. 3:10-cv-00167-VRW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR SETTLEMENT AND 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT 

Judge: Vaughn R. Walker 

Complaint Filed: January 13, 2010 

Notice Sent: January 20, 2010 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR SETTLEMENT AND ENTRY OF JUDGMENT 

486591.01 CASE NO. C 10-0167 VRW 

WHEREAS, Claimant Jia Yue filed a verified claim for forfeiture in rem on February 24, 

2010 (Docket No. 8); and 

WHEREAS, by Order dated March 5, 2010 (Docket No. 11), this Court ruled that the 

present forfeiture case is related to the criminal case of United States v. Jia Yue, No. 09-CR-917-

VRW (“the criminal case”), in which Claimant is the Defendant; and 

WHEREAS, Claimant and the Government have entered into a plea agreement in the 

criminal case (“the plea agreement”); and 

WHEREAS, under the plea agreement, Claimant agreed, in part, to enter a plea of guilty 

in the criminal case and to forfeit the property at issue in the present forfeiture case; and 

WHEREAS, on April 28, 2010, Claimant entered a plea of guilty in the criminal case; 

and 

WHEREAS, under the plea agreement, the Government agreed, in part, not to seek any 

further fines, restitution, or forfeiture as a result of the investigation that led to the indictment in 

the criminal case and to the forfeiture in the present case, 

THEREFORE, it is stipulated by and between the Claimant and the Government that: 

1. The defendant $10,000 in United States currency seized from Claimant on 

September 14, 2009 at San Francisco International Airport and made the subject of the present 

forfeiture case shall be forfeited and condemned to the Government pursuant to Title 31, United 

States Code, Section 5317(c)(2); 

2. Claimant shall not be entitled to costs, there being reasonable cause shown for the 

seizure of the defendant $10,000; 

3. The Government shall not be entitled to costs; 

4. Claimant shall hold harmless the United States of America, the Department of 

Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and all agents, officers and 

employees thereof, including any and all state and local law enforcement officers, for any and all 

acts directly or indirectly related to the seizure, detention and forfeiture of the defendant 

$10,000. 

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5. Each party shall bear its own attorney’s fees; and 

6. Final judgment incorporating the terms of this stipulation may be entered by the 

Court. 

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: April 28, 2010 

By: /s/ Stephanie M. Hinds 

STEPHANIE M. HINDS 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Dated: April 28, 2010 KEKER & VAN NEST LLP 

By: /s/ Matan Shacham 

ELLIOT R. PETERS 

BROOK DOOLEY 

GALIA A. PHILLIPS 

MATAN SHACHAM 

Attorneys for Claimant 

JIA YUE 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________________, 2010 

 _____________________________________ 

 Honorable Vaughn R. Walker 

 Chief Judge, United States District Court 

May 7 

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR SETTLEMENT AND ENTRY OF JUDGMENT 

486591.01 CASE NO. C 10-0167 VRW 

ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE IN FILING 

I hereby attest that Stephanie M. Hinds has concurred in the filing of this document. 

/s/ Matan Shacham 

 MATAN SHACHAM 

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