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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

APPROXIMATELY $160,243.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:13-CV-00818-KJM-EFB 

ORDER 

 This is a civil action in rem brought against Approximately $160,243.00 in U.S. 

Currency, (“defendant currency”), which was seized on November 9, 2012. Complaint, ECF No. 

1 at 1. A verified complaint for forfeiture in rem was filed on April 25, 2013 alleging that 

defendant currency is subject to forfeiture to the United States as provided by 21 U.S.C. § 

881(a)(6). Id. On April 29, 2013, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest of the defendant 

currency, and that warrant was duly executed on May 2, 2013. ECF No. 4. Beginning on May 1, 

2013, for at least 30 consecutive days, the United States published Notice of the Forfeiture Action 

on the official internet government forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov. A Declaration of 

Publication was filed on May 31, 2013. ECF No. 9. In addition to the public notice on the 

official internet government forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov, actual notice or attempted notice 

was given to the following individual(s): 

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a. Epifanio Reynoso, Sr. 

b. Maria Reynoso 

c. Eddy Reynoso 

d. Epifanio Reynoso, Jr. 

e. Marina Rodriguez 

 Claimants Epifanio Reynoso, Sr., Maria Reynoso, Eddy Reynoso and Epifanio 

Reynoso, Jr. filed a claim and answer alleging an interest in the defendant currency on May 20, 

2013. ECF No. 7. No other parties have filed claims or answers in this matter, and the time in 

which any person or entity may file a claim and answer has expired. The Clerk of the Court 

entered a Clerk’s Certificate of Entry of Default against Marina Rodriguez on January 23, 2015. 

ECF No. 14. Under Local Rule 540, the United States and claimant join in a request that as part 

of the Final Judgment of Forfeiture in this case, the court enter a default judgment against the 

interest, if any, of Marina Rodriguez without further notice. ECF No. 15. 

 Based on the above and the files and records of the court, it is hereby ORDERED: 

1. The court adopts the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture (ECF No. 15) entered 

into by and between the parties to this action. 

2. Judgment is hereby entered against claimants Epifanio Reynoso, Sr., Maria Reynoso, 

Eddy Reynoso and Epifanio Reynoso, Jr. and all other potential claimants who have not filed 

claims in this action. 

3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, $106,243.00 of the $160,243.00 in 

U.S. Currency, together with any interest that may have accrued on the total amount seized, shall 

be forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6), to be disposed of according to 

law. 

4. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture herein, but no later than 60 days 

thereafter, $54,000.00 of the $160,243.00 in U.S. Currency shall be returned to claimants 

Epifanio Reynoso, Sr., Maria Reynoso, Eddy Reynoso and Epifanio Reynoso, Jr. , through their 

attorney Jesse I. Santana. 

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5. The United States and its servants, agents, and employees and all other public entities, 

their servants, agents, and employees, are released from any and all liability arising out of or in 

any way connected with the seizure, arrest, or forfeiture of the defendant currency. This is a full 

and final release applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out 

of said seizure, arrest, or forfeiture, as well as to those now known or disclosed. The claimants 

waive the provisions of California Civil Code § 1542. 

6. Claimants Epifanio Reynoso, Sr., Maria Reynoso, Eddy Reynoso and Epifanio 

Reynoso, Jr. waive any and all claim or right to interest that may have accrued on the defendant 

currency. 

7. All parties are to bear their own costs and attorneys' fees. 

8. The undersigned district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of 

California shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture. 

9. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint (ECF No. 1), and the Stipulation 

for Final Judgment of Forfeiture (ECF No. 15), the court enters this Certificate of Reasonable 

Cause under 28 U.S.C. § 2465, that there was reasonable cause for the seizure and arrest of the 

defendant currency, and for the commencement and prosecution of this forfeiture action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 11, 2015. 

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