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Nature of Suit Code: 690
Nature of Suit: Other Forfeiture and Penalty Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Complaint for Forfeiture

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney

KRISTIN S. DOOR SBN 84307

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 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, )

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Plaintiff, ) 

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 v. )

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APPROXIMATELY $1,200,000 IN )

U.S. CURRENCY SEIZED FROM )

FIRST CALIFORNIA BANK ACCT. )

NO. 2005638, )

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APPROXIMATELY $225,958.84 IN )

U.S. CURRENCY SEIZED FROM )

BANK OF AMERICA ACCT. NO. )

004653665607, )

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APPROXIMATELY $177,695.11 IN )

FUNDS CONNECTED TO A TRANSFER)

TO THE UNITED STATES OF )

AMERICA FROM BULLIVANT HOUSER)

BAILEY, ) 

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 Defendants. )

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2:05-CV–0149 JAM/KJM

ORDER LIFTING STAY; UNSEALING

ANSWER; AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

Date: August 4, 2010 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Courtroom:6

The Court finds as follows:

1. Claimant John Hollis claims to be the owner or trustee

of funds seized from the three bank accounts identified in the

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caption above.

2. Discovery was stayed in this case during an

investigation of insurance fraud involving Tri-Continental

Insurance Company and Robert Brown aka Matthew Schacter.

3. The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of

California has advised claimant John Hollis that he has no

present intention of prosecuting claimant John Hollis based on

the events giving rise to that investigation. 

4. The United States has requested that the stay be lifted

so that discovery can resume. 

5. In order to permit discovery to proceed in this case

while protecting claimant’s interests, the Court finds that a

protective order will adequately protects claimant’s rights.

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. The stay previously entered in this case is lifted.

2. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal the Answers filed

by claimant at docket entries 76 and 78. 

3. No testimony or documents John Hollis produces in this

civil forfeiture action, whether by way of discovery responses,

deposition testimony, or trial testimony, shall be used by

federal, state, or local authorities in connection with any

criminal prosecution other than as set forth in Paragraph 8

below.

4. Except as provided in Paragraph 8, Plaintiff shall not

provide discovery documents, discovery responses, or deposition

or trial testimony to any federal, state, or local prosecutor for

use in a criminal prosecution, and agrees that this material

shall be used only for the purposes of the prosecution, defense,

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or settlement of this action, and for no other purpose.

5. The material produced in discovery may be reviewed by

paralegal or secretarial staff in the U.S. Attorney's Office or

by law enforcement agents (federal, state, or local) solely for

purposes of the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this civil

forfeiture action, and for no other purpose. 

6. Federal, state, and local law enforcement officers may

attend claimants' depositions and the deposition of any witness. 

7. Plaintiff is permitted, without further order of this

court, to file claimant’s discovery responses or deposition

testimony in court as exhibits to a motion such as a motion for

summary judgment or motion to compel discovery, provided however

that plaintiff will request that said filings be sealed.

8. Plaintiff is permitted to use any testimony or

documents produced in this civil forfeiture action in any

subsequent prosecution for perjury or false statement.

9. This order shall survive the final disposition of this

case, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any

dispute concerning the use of information produced hereunder. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 17, 2010 /s/ John A. Mendez 

JOHN A. MENDEZ

United States District Judge

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