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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 13CV1403-GPC(RBB)

JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

vs.

$10,000.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY,

Defendant.

Having reviewed the foregoing Joint Motion and good cause appearing therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED: The Joint Motion is

approved.

1. The parties have entered into this joint motion in order to resolve the matter of

the seizure and forfeiture of the above-referenced defendant, $10,000.00 in U.S.

Currency ("defendant currency"). The parties have agreed to a settlement which is

hereinafter described in its particulars.

2. $6,000.00 of the defendant currency shall be condemned and forfeited to the

United States pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, § 881. $4,000.00 of the

defendant currency, less any debt owed to the United States, any agency of the United

States, or any other debt in which the United States is authorized to collect, shall be

returned to the claimant, Ryan Lee Hapner, either directly or through his attorney of

record Richard M. Barnett.

3. The terms of this settlement do not affect the tax obligations, fines, penalties, or

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any other monetary obligations that the claimant may owe to the United States.

4. The person or persons who made the seizure or the prosecutor shall not be liable

to suit or judgment on account of such seizure in accordance with Title 28, United

States Code, § 2465. Claimant agrees that by entering into this joint motion, that he

has not "substantially prevailed" within the meaning of Title 28, United States Code, 

§ 2465. All parties shall bear their own costs and expenses, including attorney fees. 

Judgment shall be entered in favor of the United States on its complaint.

5. Claimant warrants and represents as a material fact that he is the sole owner of

the defendant currency and further warrants that no other person or entity has any right,

claimor interest in the defendant currency, and that he will indemnify the United States

against any and all claims made against it on account of the seizure and forfeiture of

the defendant currency.

6. The claimant, his agents, employees, or assigns, shall hold and save harmlessthe

United States of America, its agents and employees, from any and all claims which

might result from the seizure of the defendant currency.

This case is hereby ordered closed. Let judgment be entered accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 8, 2014

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

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