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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPROXIMATELY $142,020.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

Defendant.

2:14-CV-02009-GEB-KJN

FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

Pursuant to the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the Court finds:

1. This is a civil forfeiture action against Approximately $142,020.00 in U.S. Currency 

(“defendant currency”) seized on or about October 12, 2012.

2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (“Complaint”) was filed on August 29, 2014, 

alleging that said defendant currency is subject to forfeiture to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 

881(a)(6).

3. On August 29, 2014, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the defendant currency, and 

that warrant was executed on September 10, 2014.

4. Beginning on September 4, 2014, for at least 30 consecutive days, the United States 

published Notice of the Forfeiture Action on the official internet government forfeiture site 

www.forfeiture.gov. A Declaration of Publication was filed on October 29, 2014.

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN

Assistant U. S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Attorneys for the United States

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5. In addition to the public notice on the official internet government forfeiture site 

www.forfeiture.gov, actual notice or attempted notice was given to the following individuals:

a. Christian Adan Garcia Avila,

b. Alejandro Godinez Felix,

c. Juan Alamilla Guzman, and

d. Newton Mancia.

6. Claimant Newton Mancia (“claimant”) filed a Claim of Ownership on October 1, 2014, 

alleging an interest in the defendant currency and a Verified Answer on October 15, 2014. No other 

parties have filed claims or answers in this matter, and the time in which any person or entity may file a 

claim and answer has expired.

7. The Clerk of the Court entered Clerk’s Certificates of Entry of Default against Alejandro 

Godinez Felix on December 16, 2014, and against Christian Adan Garcia Avila and Juan Alamilla 

Guzman on January 5, 2015. Pursuant to Local Rule 540, the United States and claimant request that, as 

a part of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the Court enter a default judgment against the interests, if any, 

of Alejandro Godinez Felix, Christian Adan Garcia Avila, and Juan Alamilla Guzman without further 

notice.

Based on the above findings, and the files and records of the Court, it is hereby ORDERED AND 

ADJUDGED:

1. The Court adopts the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture entered into by and 

between the parties to this action.

2. Judgment is hereby entered against claimant Newton Mancia and all other potential 

claimants who have not filed claims in this action.

3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, $110,020.00 of the Approximately 

$142,020.00 in U.S. Currency, together with any interest that may have accrued on the total amount 

seized, shall be forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6), to be disposed of 

according to law.

4. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, but no later than 60 days thereafter, 

$32,000.00 of the Approximately $142,020.00 in U.S. Currency shall be returned to claimant Newton 

Mancia through his attorney Stuart Goldfarb.

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5. The United States and its servants, agents, and employees and all other public entities, 

their servants, agents, and employees, are released from any and all liability arising out of or in any way 

connected with the seizure, arrest, or forfeiture of the defendant currency. This is a full and final release 

applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out of said seizure, arrest, or 

forfeiture, as well as to those now known or disclosed. The parties waived the provisions of California 

Civil Code § 1542.

6. Claimant waived any and all claim or right to interest that may have accrued on the 

defendant currency.

7. All parties are to bear their own costs and attorneys' fees.

8. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Hon. Garland E. Burrell, Jr.,

District Judge, shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture.

9. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed August 29, 2014, and the 

Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture filed herein, the Court enters this Certificate of Reasonable 

Cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465, that there was reasonable cause for the seizure and arrest of the 

defendant currency, and for the commencement and prosecution of this forfeiture action.

SO ORDERED .

Dated: January 9, 2015

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