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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 $18,928.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

 Defendant.

2:14-CV-02765-MCE-KJN

FINAL JUDGMENT OF 

FORFEITURE

Pursuant to the signed Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture (ECF No. 13), 

the Court finds:

1. This is a civil action against Approximately $18,928.00 in U.S. Currency 

(“Defendant Currency”) seized on or about May 9, 2014.

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

November 25, 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 December 1, 2014, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the 

defendant currency, and that warrant was executed on November 24, 2014.

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

States published Notice of the Forfeiture Action on the official internet government 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

JEFFREY A. SPIVAK

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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forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov. A Declaration of Publication was filed on January 9, 

2015.

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 Kurt Przygoda.

6. Claimant Kurt Przygoda filed a claim alleging an interest in the Defendant 

Currency on January 5, 2015. 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.

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 (ECF No. 13).

2. Judgment is hereby entered against claimant Kurt Przygoda and all other 

potential claimants who have not filed claims in this action.

3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, $11,928.00 of the 

Approximately $18,928.00 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, $7,000.00 of the Approximately $18,928.00 in U.S. Currency shall be returned 

to Claimant Kurt Przygoda through his attorney Lisa Meier.

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. 

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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. Morrison 

C. England, 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 November 25, 

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 8, 2015

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