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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE SEIZURE OF ONE HTC CELL 

PHONE, ONE ASUS LAP TOP 

COMPUTER AND DELL LAP TOP 

COMPUTER, 

ANTHONY SILVA, 

Movant, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERIA, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-mc-0112 TLN AC 

ORDER 

 This motion has been referred to the undersigned by the district judge presiding over this 

case. ECF No. 2. It appears that this motion should be treated as a civil equitable proceeding. 

Kardoh v. United States, 572 F.3d 697, 700 (9th Cir. 2009) (“[w]here no criminal proceeding is 

pending, a district court has discretion to hear a motion for the return of property as a civil 

equitable proceeding”) (citing United States v. Kama, 394 F.3d 1236, 1238 (9th Cir. 2005)); 

United States v. Ritchie, 342 F.3d 903, 907 (9th Cir. 2003) (in the absence of an impending 

administrative forfeiture proceeding, “the district court was required to treat the motion as a civil 

complaint governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure”). 

 This motion does not appear to have been served upon Respondent, and Respondent has 

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made no appearance to date. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Movant shall serve a copy of the motion and this order on the United States forthwith, 

but in any event no later than October 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. 

 2. A preliminary (informal) Status Conference is set for October 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., 

in Courtroom No. 26 before the undersigned. All parties shall appear by counsel or in person 

if acting without counsel, and any party may appear telephonically by contacting the courtroom 

deputy (Valerie Callen, (916) 930-4199 or vcallen@caed.uscourts.gov) at least two days in 

advance. The parties shall be prepared to discuss a schedule for briefing1 and a hearing on the 

motion, whether an evidentiary hearing is required, and any other matter relevant to this 

proceeding. The parties are encouraged to file a joint proposed briefing and hearing schedule 

before the status conference. 

DATED: October 13, 2015 

 

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 The parties will be required to brief the factors set forth in Kama, 394 F.3d at 1238: 

“[B]efore a district court can reach the merits of a pre-indictment 

[Rule 41(g) ] motion,” the district court must consider whether: 

(1) “the Government displayed a callous disregard for the 

constitutional rights of the movant”; (2) “the movant has an 

individual interest in and need for the property he wants returned”; 

(3) “the movant would be irreparably injured by denying return of 

the property”; and (4) “the movant has an adequate remedy at law 

for the redress of his grievance.” 

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