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Nature of Suit Code: 690
Nature of Suit: Other Forfeiture and Penalty Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1341 Complaint for Forfeiture

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Case No. 12-cv-639-L(NLS)

)

Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR

) JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE [DOC. 16] 

v. ) 

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NINE ASSORTED FIREARMS, )

)

Defendants. )

 )

Having reviewed the Joint Motion For Judgment of Forfeiture and

good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED:

The Joint Motion is approved;

1. The defendants to wit: (1) one Browning 12 gauge shotgun,

serial number 391999; (2) one Remington Arms Browning 16 gauge

shotgun, serial number 206972; (3)one Remington Arms 30-06 caliber

rifle, serial number 75684; and (4) one Winchester Model 61 22 caliber

rifle, serial number 18021 shall be returned to claimant Sheri Stewart

as follows:

A. The above-referenced defendant five firearms shall, at

claimant Sheri Stewart’s expense, be transferred directly from the

custody of the U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of California

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to a federally licensed firearms dealer in the Middle District of

Florida where claimant Sheri Stewart resides.

B. Claimant Sheri Stewart shall, in her district of

residence in Florida and at her expense, take possession, custody, and

control of the above-referenced firearms from the federally licensed

firearms dealer.

2. The remaining defendants, to wit: (1) one Remington Arms 7mm

magnum caliber rifle, serial number 6428380; (2) one U.S.A. Military

Surplus M1 Carbine 30 caliber rifle, serial number 2661551; (3) one

Smith & Wesson 38 caliber revolver, serial number 399697; (4) one

Smith & Wesson 22 caliber revolver, serial number 495601; and (5) one

flare gun, serial number 3861110/70 shall be forfeited to the

United States.

3. Claimant Stephen McLaren has abandoned his claims to each

and all of the defendants NINE ASSORTED FIREARMS. As provided above,

each of the defendants NINE ASSORTED FIREARMS shall either be returned

to claimant Sheri Stewart or forfeited to the United States. 

4. Any costs incurred by the United States incident to the

seizure, custody, and forfeiture of the defendants NINE ASSORTED

FIREARMS shall be borne by the United States.

5. Claimants have agreed that by entering into this

stipulation, neither of them have “substantially prevailed” within the

meaning of Title 28, United States Code, Section 2465. 

6. The person or persons who made the seizure or the prosecutor

shall not be liable to suit or judgment on account of such seizure in

accordance with Title 28, United States Code, Section 2465.

7. Claimants have warranted and represented as a material fact

that they are the sole owners of each and all of the defendants

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NINE ASSORTED FIREARMS and further warranted that no other person or

entity has any right, claim or interest in any or all of the

defendants NINE ASSORTED FIREARMS, and that they will each defend and

indemnify the United States against any and all claims made against

the defendants or any of them on account of the seizure and forfeiture

of one or more of the defendants NINE ASSORTED FIREARMS.

8. The terms of this settlement do not affect the tax

obligations, fines, penalties, or any other monetary obligations

claimants, or either of them, may owe to the United States.

9. The parties to this settlement have agreed that each will

bear their own attorney’s fees and costs.

10. Claimants, their agents, employees, or assigns, shall hold

and save harmless the United States of America, its agents and

employees, from any and all claims which might result from the seizure

of one or all of the defendants NINE ASSORTED FIREARMS.

11. This case is hereby ordered closed. Let judgment be entered

accordingly.

DATED: June 29, 2012

HON. M. JAMES LORENZ

United States District Judge

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