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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-1290 GEB/GGH

)

Plaintiff, ) 

) JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND

v. ) STAY, 

) ORDER THEREON [PROPOSED]

APPROXIMATELY $9,000.00 IN U.S. )

CURRENCY, and )

)

APPROXIMATELY $4,580.00 IN U.S. )

CURRENCY, )

) DATE: October 27,

2008

Defendants. ) TIME: 9:00 a.m.

 ) COURTROOM:10

Plaintiff United States of America and claimants Wei

Jie Ma and Cindy Woo submit the following Joint Request to Extend

Stay and Order Thereon (Proposed).

On April 1, 2008, the parties submitted a joint request

for a 6-month stay due to criminal charges pending against

claimant Ma in this district (one count of “Conspiracy to

Manufacture and Possess with Intent to Distribute at Least 1,000

Marijuana Plants,” and one count of “Manufacturing at Least 1,000

Marijuana Plants.” United States v. Wei Jie Ma, et al., 2:07-CR0025 WBS. At that time trial in this matter was scheduled for

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October 6, 2008. 

On September 19, 2008, claimant Wei Jie Ma pled guilty

to federal drug trafficking charges, and is now scheduled to be

sentenced on December 12, 2008. For these reasons, the parties

jointly request that this matter be stayed an additional three

months. Assuming that claimant is sentenced as scheduled, the

parties will then ask the court to lift the stay and fully

schedule this case.

DATED: October 10, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorney for plaintiff

United States of America

DATED: October 10, 2008 /s/ Stuart Hanlon

STUART HANLON

Attorney for claimants

Wei Jie Ma and Cindy Woo

(Original signature maintained

by counsel for plaintiff)

ORDER

For the reasons set forth above, this matter is stayed

pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(g)(1), 981(g)(2) and 21 U.S.C. 

§ 881(i) for three months. On or before January 10, 2009, the

parties will advise the Court whether a further stay is

necessary.

The scheduling conference scheduled for October 27, 2008, is

rescheduled to February 2, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. A joint status 

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report is to be filed fourteen days prior to the hearing.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 15, 2008

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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