Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-casd-3_08-cv-01736/USCOURTS-casd-3_08-cv-01736-0/pdf.json

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

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Civil No. 08cv1736-BTM(NLS)

 )

Plaintiff, ) JUDGMENT

) OF FORFEITURE 

v. ) 

)

$12,580.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, )

)

Defendant. )

______________________________)

Having reviewed the Joint Motion For Forfeiture of Defendant

Currency and good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED:

The Joint Motion is approved.

 1. Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) of the defendant currency

shall be returned to the claimant Gary Adam Molenaar (“Claimant”),

through his attorney, Frank V. Puglia.

2. The remainder of the defendant currency, consisting of

Ten Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Dollars ($10,580.00) in United States

currency, is hereby condemned and forfeited to the United States.

3. Any costs incurred by the United States incident to the

seizure, custody, and forfeiture of the defendant currency shall be

borne by the United States.

Case 3:08-cv-01736-BTM-NLS Document 15 Filed 04/15/09 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2 08cv1736

4. Claimant has agreed that by entering into the joint motion,

he has not “substantially prevailed” within the meaning of Title 28,

United States Code, Section 2465. The parties shall bear their own

costs and expenses, including all attorney fees.

5. 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, Section 2465.

6. Claimant has warranted and represented 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, claim or

interest in the defendant, and that he will defend and indemnify the

United States against any and all claims made against it on account

of the seizure and forfeiture of the defendant currency.

7. The terms of this settlement do not affect the tax

obligations, fines, penalties, or any other monetary obligations the

claimant may owe to the United States.

8. The Claimant, his agents, employees, or assigns, shall hold

and save harmless the United States of America, its agents and

employees, from any and all claims which might result from the seizure

and custody of the defendant currency.

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

accordingly.

DATED: April 15, 2009

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz

United States District Judge

Case 3:08-cv-01736-BTM-NLS Document 15 Filed 04/15/09 Page 2 of 2