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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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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND STAY AND

ORDER THEREON [PROPOSED] 1

LAWRENCE G. BROWN 

Acting 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

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Plaintiff, ) 

) JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND

v. ) STAY, 

) ORDER THEREON [PROPOSED]

APPROXIMATELY $9,000.00 IN U.S. )

CURRENCY, and )

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APPROXIMATELY $4,580.00 IN U.S. )

CURRENCY, )

) DATE: May 11, 2009

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 January 21, 2009, the parties submitted a joint request

to extend the stay previously entered in this action 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-CR-0025 EJG. At that time claimant

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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND STAY AND

ORDER THEREON [PROPOSED] 2

Wei Jie Ma was awaiting sentencing on federal drug trafficking

charges, and was scheduled to be sentenced on February 20, 2009. 

Ma’s sentencing has been continued again and is now scheduled for

July 10, 2009. Accordingly, 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: April 27, 2009 LAWRENCE G. BROWN 

Acting United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorney for plaintiff

United States of America

DATED: April 27, 2009 LAW OFFICES OF HANLON & RIEF

By: /s/ Sara Rief 

SARA RIEF

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. 

The scheduling conference scheduled for May 11, 2009, is

rescheduled to August 24, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. A joint status

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 28, 2009

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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