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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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1 Application and Order for Publication

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

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, ) 2:10-cv-00520-GEB-KJM

 )

Plaintiff, ) APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR

 ) PUBLICATION 

v. )

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APPROXIMATELY $7,081.00 IN U.S. )

CURRENCY, )

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2006 HONDA CRF450R MOTORCYCLE, VIN: )

JH2PE05336M413204, CALIFORNIA )

LICENSE NUMBER: 83C47Y, )

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2004 HONDA CRF250X MOTORCYCLE, VIN: )

JH2ME11184K000863, CALIFORNIA )

LICENSE NUMBER: Z26N82, )

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2006 YAMAHA TT-R230 MOTORCYCLE, ) 

VIN: 9C6CG19Y560013660, )

CALIFORNIA LICENSE NUMBER: )

14E21L, and )

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1984 CASE 580E BACKHOE WITH )

SCRAPER BUCKET, VIN: 17033151. )

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Defendants. )

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The United States of America, Plaintiff herein, applies for

an order of publication as follows:

1. Rule G(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or

Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions (hereafter

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2 Application and Order for Publication

"Supplemental Rules") provides that the Plaintiff shall cause

public notice of the action to be given in a newspaper of general

circulation or on the official internet government forfeiture

site;

2. Local Rule 171, Eastern District of California, provides

that the Court shall designate by order the appropriate newspaper

or other vehicle for publication;

3. The defendant Approximately $7,081.00 in U.S. Currency

(hereafter “defendant currency”) was seized in the city of

Camptonville, in Yuba County, California. The defendant 2006

Honda CRF450R Motorcycle, VIN: JH2PE05336M413204, California

license number: 83C47Y; the defendant 2004 Honda CRF250X

Motorcycle, VIN: JH2ME11184K000863, California license number:

Z26N82; the defendant 2006 Yamaha TT-R230 Motorcycle, VIN:

9C6CG19Y560013660, California license number: 14E21L (hereafter

“defendant motorcycles”) and the defendant 1984 Case 580E Backhoe

with scraper bucket, VIN: 17033151 (hereafter “defendant

backhoe”) were seized in the city of Nevada City, in Nevada

County, California. The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) 

published notice of the non-judicial forfeiture of the defendant

currency and the defendant motorcycles on November 23, 30, and

December 7, 2009, in The Wall Street Journal. The DEA published

notice of the non-judicial forfeiture of the defendant backhoe on

November 30, December 7, and 14, 2009, in The Wall Street

Journal. 

4. Plaintiff proposes that publication be made as follows:

a. One publication; 

b. Thirty (30) consecutive days;

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3 Application and Order for Publication

c. On the official internet government forfeiture

site www.forfeiture.gov; 

d. The publication is to include the following:

(1) The Court and case number of the action;

(2) The date of the seizure/posting;

(3) The identity and/or description of the

property seized/posted;

(4) The name and address of the attorney for the

Plaintiff;

(5) A statement that claims of persons entitled

to possession or claiming an interest pursuant to Supplemental

Rule G(5) must be filed with the Court and served on the attorney

for the Plaintiff no later than 60 days after the first day of

publication on the official internet government forfeiture site;

and

(6) A statement that answers to the Complaint or

a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

("Fed. R. Civ. P.") must be filed and served within 21 days after

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the filing of the claims and, in the absence thereof, default may

be entered and condemnation ordered.

Dated: 3/3/10 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

/s/ Kristin S. Door 

Kristin S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 10, 2010.

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