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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KRISTIN S. DOOR, SBN 84307

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916)554-2723

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

) 2:07-CV-00254 JAM-CMK

Plaintiff, ) 

) APPLICATION ALLOWING 

v. ) PLAINTIFF TO DEPOSE

) INCARCERATED CLAIMANT

APPROXIMATELY $83,940.00 IN ) BRADLEY HAKALA AND 

U.S. CURRENCY, and ) ORDER

)

1969 PONTIAC LEMANS, VIN: )

237679R120542, CALIFORNIA )

LICENSE: XPU601, ) 

) DATE: N/A

 Defendants. ) TIME: N/A

______________________________) COURTROOM:N/A

Plaintiff United States of America respectfully states:

1. The United States seeks to forfeit the above-described

assets pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)6) on the ground that the

currency is the proceeds of drug trafficking, and because the

defendant vehicle was purchased with drug proceeds. 

2. Bradley Hakala filed a claim to the defendant property

alleging he obtained the property from legitimate sources. He

also filed an Answer to the Verified Complaint for Forfeiture in

which he denied the plaintiff’s allegations and raised

affirmative defenses.

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3. Deposing claimant Hakala is necessary in this case in

order to examine his claim that the defendant currency was not

derived from drug trafficking, and that he bought the defendant

vehicle with lawfully-derived funds. 

4. Claimant Hakala’s birth date is February 15, 1975 and

his prison identifier is G11441.

5. Claimant is represented by counsel who will attend the

deposition and advise claimant as he deems appropriate. 

6. The deposition will be taken on June 18, 2008,

commencing at 9:30 a.m. at Deule Vocational Institution, 23500

Kasson Road, Tracy, California 95376. The deposition will be

limited to one day of seven hours absent further order of this

court. 

WHEREFORE, plaintiff requests that the Court issue an order

authorizing the plaintiff United States of America to take the

deposition of Bradley Hakala pursuant to Rule 30(a)(2)(B) of the

 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

DATED: May 13, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

VERIFICATION

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is

true and correct. Executed in Sacramento, California, on May 13,

2008.

/s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

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ORDER

Having considered the foregoing Application and the matters

stated therein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff United States

of America will be permitted to take the deposition of claimant

Bradley Hakala upon oral examination at Deule Vocational

Institution, 23500 Kasson Road, Tracy, California 95376, on June

18, 2008, commencing at 9:30 a.m. The deposition will be limited

to one day of seven hours absent further order of this court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 4, 2008

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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