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Nature of Suit Code: 690
Nature of Suit: Other Forfeiture and Penalty Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Complaint for Forfeiture

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ONE REMINGTON MODEL 870

WINGMASTER 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN,

WITH 17 1⁄2 INCH BARREL, SERIAL

NO. 105126V; 

ONE COLT MODEL TROOPER MK III

REVOLVER, CALIBER .357, SERIAL

NO. 14177J;

ONE S.W.D. SEMI-AUTOMATIC

PISTOL, MODEL M-11, CALIBER 9mm,

SERIAL NO. 85-0000940;

THIRTY ROUNDS OF REMINGTON

9mm AMMUNITION; 

SIX ROUNDS OF PMC .357 CALIBER

AMMUNITION;

SIX ROUNDS OF CCI .38 CALIBER

AMMUNITION; and 

FIVE FEDERAL 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN

SHELLS,

Defendants.

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1:07-CV-00049-AWI-SMS

APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR

PUBLICATION

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The United States of America, Plaintiff herein, applies for an order of publication as follows:

1. Rule G(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims

(hereafter "Supplemental Rules") provides that the Plaintiff shall cause public notice of the action

and arrest to be given in a newspaper of general circulation, designated by order of the Court;

2. Local Rule 83-171, Eastern District of California, provides that the Court shall

designate by order the appropriate newspaper for publication;

3. The defendants one Remington Model 870 Wingmaster 12 gauge shotgun, with 17

1⁄2 inch barrel, serial number 105126V; one Colt Model Trooper MK IIIrevolver, caliber.357, serial

number 14177J; one S.W.D. semi-automatic pistol, Model M-11, caliber 9mm, serial number 85-

0000940; thirty rounds of Remington 9mm ammunition; six rounds of PMC .357 caliber

ammunition; six rounds of CCI .38 caliber ammunition; and, five Federal12 gauge shotgun shells

(hereafter “defendant firearms and ammunition”), were seized from the Porcupine Flat Campground

in Yosemite National Park, which is located in Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, California. The

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) published notice of the nonjudicial

forfeiture of the defendant firearms and ammunition on September 21, 26, and October 5, 2006 in

the Wall Street Journal;

4. Plaintiff proposes that publication be made as follows:

a. One publication;

b. In the following newspapers, legal newspapers of general circulation, located

in the counties in which the defendant firearms and ammunition were seized: Mariposa Gazette and

Union Democrat;

c. The publication to include the following:

(1) The Court, title and number of the action;

(2) The date of the arrest/seizure;

(3) The identity and/or description of the property arrested/seized;

(4) The name, address, and telephone number of the attorney for the

Plaintiff;

(5) A statement that claims of persons entitled to possession or claiming

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an interest pursuant to Supplemental Rule G(5) must be filed with the Clerk and served on the

attorney for the Plaintiff within 30 days after the date of publication;

(6) A statement that answers to the Complaint or a motion under Rule 12

of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Fed. R. Civ. P.") must be filed and served within 20 days

after the filing of the claims and, in the absence thereof, default may be entered and condemnation

ordered;

(7) A statement that applications for intervention under Fed. R. Civ. P.,

Rule 24 by persons claiming maritime liens or other interests shall be filed within the 30 days

allowed for claims for possession; and 

(8) The name, address, and telephone number of the Bureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives..

Dated:1/9/07 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

/s/ Stephanie Hamilton Borchers 

 STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant United States Attorney

 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/26/2007 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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