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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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David A. Katz, SBN 112874 

Katz & Associates 

433 North Camden Dr., Suite 600 

Beverly Hills, CA 90210 

Telephone: 310-279-5111, Facsimile: 310-279-5112 

Attorney for Defendants (and Claimants) 

Jawid Wahidi, 

LMS International, Inc., 

Sadiq Wahidi, and 

LA International, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

United States of America, ) 2:07-CV-00452-FCD-DAD 

 ) 

 Plaintiff, ) REQUEST TO SUBMIT ON JUNE 4, 

vs. ) 2007, “REPLY TO PLAINTIFF’S 

 ) OPPOSITION”; DECLARATION; 

Approximately $15,630.00 in ) PROPOSED ORDER 

U.S. Currency, ) 

 ) 

Approximately $8,000.00 in ) 

U.S. Currency ) 

 ) 

Approximately $12,639.97 in ) 

U.S. Currency, ) 

 ) 

Approximately $60,517.00 in ) 

U.S. Currency, ) 

 ) 

Approximately $14,271.00 in ) 

U.S. Currency, ) 

 ) 

Approximately $90,000.00 in ) 

U.S. Currency, ) 

 ) 

Approximately $1,820.50 in ) 

U.S. Currency, ) 

 ) 

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Miscellaneous Smokeless ) 

Tobacco Products, ) 

 ) 

Defendants. ) 

_________________________ ) 

 ) 

Jawid Wahidi, ) 

LMS International, Inc., ) 

Sadiq Wahidi, and ) 

LA International, Inc. ) 

 ) 

 Claimants. ) 

_________________________ ) 

Claimants Jawid Wahidi, LMS International, Inc., Sadiq Wahidi, and LA 

International, Inc., through counsel, hereby request to file, on June 4, 2007, their 

“Reply to the Opposition to the Motion to Change Venue.” This request is based 

on the attached declaration, and the entire file and record herein. 

Dated: June 4, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

 _______/s/__________________ 

 David A. Katz 

 Attorney for Claimants 

 Jawid Wahidi, 

 LMS International, Inc., 

 Sadiq Wahidi, and 

 LA International, Inc. 

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DECLARATION OF DAVID A. KATZ 

I, David A. Katz, declare as follows: 

1. I have personal knowledge as to all the facts set forth herein, and if 

called as a witness I could and would testify thereto. 

2. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California, and a 

member of the State Bar of California, all four U.S. District Courts in California, 

and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

3. I am counsel for claimants in 2:07-CV-00452-FCD-DAD. 

4. I received the government’s opposition on or about May 25, and I 

understand that claimants’ reply normally would be due Friday, June 1. 

5. I could not research, draft, and file claimants’ reply by June 1 because I 

was in trial beginning May 22, 2007, in Santa Ana, California. The trial, People 

v. Chang, 06-NF1368 (Orange County Sup. Ct.) ended with an acquittal on all 

counts late afternoon on May 31, 2007. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: June 4, 2007 _______/s/______________ 

 David A. Katz 

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PROPOSED ORDER 

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 

Claimants may file their “Reply to the Opposition to the Motion to Change 

Venue” on June 4, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 8, 2007 

PROOF OF SERVICE 

I, David A. Katz, am employed in the county of Los Angeles, State of 

California. I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. My 

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business address is 433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA 

90210. 

On the date below, I served the foregoing document described as: 

REQUEST TO SUBMIT ON JUNE 4, 2007, “REPLY TO PLAINTIFF’S 

OPPOSITION”; DECLARATION; PROPOSED ORDER 

on the interested parties in this action by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in a 

sealed envelope addressed as follows: 

AUSA Kristin S. Door 

U.S. Attorney’s Office 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

[ ] (BY MAIL) I caused such envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid to be 

placed in the United States mail at Los Angeles, California. 

[X] (BY PERSONAL SERVICE) I caused such document to be delivered by the 

Court’s ECF mechanism. 

[ ] (State) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of 

California that the above is true and correct. 

[X] (Federal) I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar 

of this court at whose direction the service was made. 

Executed on June 4, 2007 _____/s/_________________ 

 David A. Katz 

 Katz & Associates 

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