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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

NORA BRAYSHAW,

Defendant.

No. 2:22–cv–1859–KJN

ORDER

In October 2022, plaintiff filed claims against defendant for collection of penalty

assessments for the alleged willful failure to timely file a foreign bank account report under 31 

U.S.C. §§ 5321(a)(5) & (b)(2).1

 (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff asserts it has been unable to effectuate 

service on defendant, alleging she has engaged in a pattern of behavior that indicates she is 

actively attempting to evade service. (ECF No. 9.) 

Plaintiff filed a motion for service by publication, setting the matter for a hearing on April 

4, 2023; this motion was served on defendant. (Id.) Under the Court’s Local Rules, defendant

was obligated to respond to plaintiff’s motion at least fourteen days prior to the hearing date: or 

March 21, 2023. See E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(c) (“Opposition, if any, to the granting of the motion

shall be in writing and shall be filed and served not less than fourteen (14) days preceding the []

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 This action proceeds before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and E.D. Cal. 

Local Rule 302(c)(21).

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hearing date.”). A review of the court’s docket reveals defendant failed to do so by the deadline. 

Local Rule 230(c) states “[n]o party will be entitled to be heard in opposition to a motion at oral 

arguments if opposition to the motion has not been timely filed by that party[.]” 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the April 4, 2023 hearing on plaintiff’s 

motion is VACATED, the motion is taken under submission, and the court will decide the matter

on the written briefing only.

Dated: March 27, 2023

bray.1859

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