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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

KAREN A. ESCOBAR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Federal Courthouse, Suite 4401

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

v.

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 

8087 E. CARMEN AVENUE, FRESNO,

FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 

APN: 310-090-76S-6, INCLUDING

ALL APPURTENANCES AND

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, 

 

 Defendant,

 

Mortgage Electronic Registration

Systems, Inc., as Nominee For

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,

 Claimant.

1:05-CV-01267-AWI-SMS

STIPULATION FOR EXPEDITED

SETTLEMENT AND ORDER THEREON

This stipulated settlement is entered into between the plaintiff

United States of America and claimant Mortgage Electronic Registration

Systems, Inc., as Nominee For Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

(hereinafter referred to as "claimant Countrywide"), by and through

their undersigned counsel, according to the following terms:

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 If for any reason the defendant real property is not

forfeited, e.g., because the United States enters into a settlement

with other claimants to forfeit money in substitution for the

defendant real property then this stipulation shall not have effect.

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1. This is a civil forfeiture action of certain real property

located at 8087 E. Carmen Avenue, Fresno, Fresno County, California,

APN: 310-090-76S-6 (hereinafter the "defendant real property"), and

more particularly described as: 

Parcel 2 of Parcel Map No. 4993, in the City of

Fresno, County of Fresno, State of California,

according to the map thereof, recorded in Book 35

Page 3 of Parcel Maps, Fresno County Records.

Excepting therefrom one-half of all oil, gas and

minerals, as heretofore reserved of record.

Assessor’s Parcel No.: 310-090-76S-6.

2. The parties hereby stipulate that any violations of 21 U.S.C.

§ 881 involving the defendant real property occurred without the

knowledge and consent of claimant Countrywide.

3. Plaintiff agrees that upon the entry of a Final Judgment of

Forfeiture forfeiting to the United States all right, title, and

interest in the defendant real property, and upon the sale of the

defendant real property, it shall pay claimant Countrywide, in escrow

from the gross sales price, after payment of outstanding taxes and

expenses of custody and sale incurred by the United States Marshals

Service, the following:1 

a. All unpaid principal due to Countrywide in the original

amount of $355,300.00 pursuant to a Promissory Note dated May 4,

2004, and secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 4, 2004, and recorded

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on May 17, 2004 as Document No. 010769200, in the official records

of Fresno County, California. As of April 19, 2006, the total amount

due and owing under the note was $361,902.28. This number consists

of principal due and owing in the amount of $346,565.97, interest due

and owing in the amount of $9,975.60, and miscellaneous fees and costs

in the amount of $5,351.71. Interest will continue to accrue under

the note at a rate of $49.7536 per diem; 

b. All unpaid interest at the contractual rate (not the

default rate) under the above-described note and deed of trust until

the date of payment;

c. All unpaid casualty insurance premiums for the defendant

real property from October 27, 2005 (date of posting of defendant real

property) to the date of payment;

d. Reasonable attorney's fees not to exceed $2,000.00; and

e. A total fee of not more than $200 to process a

beneficiary demand statement and to record a reconveyance of the deed

of trust. 

f. The exact amount to be paid to claimant Countrywide

shall be determined at time of payment.

4. The payment to claimant Countrywide shall be in full

settlement and satisfaction of any and all claims by Countrywide to

the defendant real property posted by the United States on or about

October 27, 2005, and all claims resulting from the incidents or

circumstances giving rise to this forfeiture action.

5. Upon payment, claimant Countrywide agrees to assign and

convey its security interest to the United States via recordable

documents.

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6. Claimant Countrywide releases plaintiff United States of

America and its servants, agents, and employees and all other public

entities, their servants, agents, and employees, from any and all

liability arising out of or in any way connected with the posting or

sale of the defendant real property. This is a full and final release

applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages

arising out of said posting, forfeiture, or sale, as well as to those

now known or disclosed. The parties to this agreement waive the

provisions of California Civil Code § 1542 which provides that a

general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not

know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of executing the

release, which if known by it must have materially affected the

settlement.

7. As a part of this settlement, claimant Countrywide agrees not

to pursue against the United States any other rights they may have

under the promissory note and deed of trust including, but not limited

to, the right to initiate a judicial or non-judicial foreclosure

action.

8. Claimant Countrywide agrees to notify the U.S. Attorney and

U.S. Marshals Service at the end of the first payment cycle in which

a payment is not made under the terms specified in the note. Claimant

further agrees to join any government motions for interlocutory or

stipulated sale of the defendant real property and any motions to

remove occupants from the property who fail to abide by the terms of

an occupancy agreement, within ten (10) days of claimants' receipt of

the motion(s).

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9. Claimant Countrywide understands and agrees that by entering

into this Expedited Settlement of their interest in the defendant real

property, they waive any rights to further litigate against the United

States their interest in the defendant real property and to petition

for remission or mitigation of the forfeiture. Unless specifically

directed by order of this Court, claimant Countrywide is hereby

excused and relieved from further participation in this action. 

a. No final judgment shall be entered in this action

inconsistent with or adverse to any provisions of this Stipulation,

and to the extent any final judgment entered in the action is

inconsistent with or adverse thereto, such order shall be void as

against Countrywide. 

10. Claimant Countrywide understands and agrees that the United

States reserves the right to void this Expedited Settlement agreement

and terminate the forfeiture action at any time for legal reasons or

within ninety (90) days after the date of this agreement for economic

reasons. 

11. The parties agree to execute further documents, to the

extent necessary, to convey clear title to the property to the United

States and to further implement the terms of this settlement.

12. The terms of this settlement agreement are contingent upon

forfeiture of the defendant real property to the United States and the

Court's entry of a Final Judgment of Forfeiture. 

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Further, the terms of this settlement agreement shall be subject to

approval by the United States District Court and any violation of any

terms or conditions shall be construed as a violation of an Order of

the Court.

Respectfully submitted,

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DATED: 4/13/06 By: /s/ Karen A. Escobar

KAREN A .ESCOBAR

Assistant United States Attorney

SEVERSON & WERSON

DATED: 4/17/06 By: /s/ Susan M. Santerelli

SUSAN M. SANTERELLI

Attorney for Claimant Mortgage

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,

as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans,

Inc.

 

 (original signature retained by attorney)

ORDER

This Stipulated Expedited Settlement is hereby APPROVED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 22, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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