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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Civil No. 10cv0709-L(POR)

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Plaintiff, ) JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

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$48,080.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, )

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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. $24,040.00 (twenty-four thousand forty dollars) of the

defendant $48,080.00 (forty-eight thousand eighty dollars) in

United States currency shall be returned to Claimant Sebastian

Meadowcroft (“Claimant”)through his attorney, Richard M. Barnett.

2. The remainder of the defendant $48,080.00 (forty-eight

thousand eighty dollars) in United States currency, consisting of

$24,040.00 (twenty-four thousand forty dollars) in United States

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

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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.

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 $48,080.00 in United States

currency, and further warrants that no other person or entity has any

right, claim or interest in the defendant $48,080.00 in United States

currency, and that he will defend and indemnify the United States

against any and all claims made against it on account of the seizure

and return of the defendant $48,080.00 in United States 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.

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8. The Claimant, his respective 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: July 22, 2010

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

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