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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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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEANNA L. MARTINEZ

Assistant U.S. Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPROXIMATELY $20,000.00 IN U.S.

CURRENCY, and 

ONE CASHIER’S CHECK IN THE

AMOUNT OF $20,000.00 ISSUED FROM

THE BANK OF STOCKTON,

Defendants.

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DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND FINAL

JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

This matter is before the Court on plaintiff United States’ Ex Parte Motion for Default

Judgment and Final Judgment of Forfeiture filed August 14, 2009. The Magistrate Judge has

recommended that the United States’ motion for default judgment be granted. The time for objecting

to the Order Vacating Hearing on Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Default Judgment and Deeming

Matter Submitted for Decision of the Magistrate Judge have passed and no timely objections have

been filed. An Order Adopting Findings and Recommendations (Doc. 31) Order Granting Plaintiff’s

Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 29) Order Directing Clerk to Enter Judgment -and- Final

Judgment of Forfeiture for Plaintiff was filed on February 18, 2010. Based on the Magistrate

Judge’s Order Vacating Hearing on Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Default Judgment and Deeming

Matter Submitted for Decision, the Order Adopting Findings and Recommendations (Doc. 31)Order

DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND FINAL JUDGMENT OF

FORFEITURE

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GrantingPlaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 29) Order Directing Clerk to Enter Judgment

-and- Final Judgment of Forfeiture for Plaintiff, and the files and records of the Court, it is 

ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED:

1. The Court adopts the Magistrate Judge’s October 23, 2009 Order Vacating Hearing

on Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Default Judgment and Deeming Matter Submitted for Decision

in full.

2. Rafael C. Rivera, Mario Chavez Cabrera, and Peter Halamandaris are held in default.

3. A judgment by default is hereby entered against any right, title, or interest in the

defendants Approximately $20,000.00 in U.S. Currency and One Cashier’s Check in the Amount

of $20,000.00 issued from the Bank of Stockton of Rafael C. Rivera, Mario Chavez Cabrera, and

Peter Halamandaris, and all other potential claimants who have not filed claims in this action. 

4. A final judgment is hereby entered forfeiting all right, title, and interest in the

defendants Approximately $20,000.00 in U.S. Currency and One Cashier’s Check in the Amount

of $20,000.00 issued from the Bank of Stockton to the United States of America, to be disposed of

according to law, including all right, title, and interest of Rafael C. Rivera, Mario Chavez Cabrera,

and Peter Halamandaris.

5. All parties shall bear their own costs and attorneys' fees.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 19, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND FINAL JUDGMENT OF

FORFEITURE 2

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