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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

GUO NENG MA, and ASHLEY 

CHANG,

Defendants.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7520

MUIRFIELD WAY, SACRAMENTO,

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO 

COUNTY, APN: 048-0270-043-

0000, INCLUDING ALL

APPURTENANCES AND 

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO,

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7455

WILLOWWICK WAY, SACRAMENTO,

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO 

COUNTY, APN: 047-0265-009-

0000, INCLUDING ALL

APPURTENANCES AND 

MPROVEMENTS THERETO,

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2381

KENWORTHY WAY, SACRAMENTO,

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO 

COUNTY, APN: 053-0021-010-

0000, INCLUDING ALL

APPURTENANCES AND 

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, and

No. 2:14-cr-00330-GEB

RELATED CASE ORDER

No. 2:14-cv-02941-MCE-DAD

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REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1724 

S STREET, SACRAMENTO, 

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO 

COUNTY, APN: 009-0096-008-

0000, INCLUDING ALL

APPURTENANCES AND 

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO,

 Defendants.

On December 19, 2014, the government filed a “Notice of 

Related Cases” in which it states:

The United States of America, by and 

through its undersigned attorney, and 

pursuant to the provisions of Local Rule 123, 

hereby gives notice that the above-entitled 

actions are related within the meaning of 

Local Rule 123 because the civil forfeiture 

action and the criminal action arise from the 

same law enforcement investigation and, 

therefore, involve substantially the same 

events, transactions, and parties. 

Particularly, the related criminal action 

alleges that Ashley Chang and Guo Neng Ma 

conspired to distribute and possess with 

intent to distribute marijuana in the Eastern 

District of California from December 2013 to 

October 2014. The instant civil forfeiture 

complaint alleges that the defendant 

properties are forfeitable to the United 

States based on its connection to Chang’s 

marijuana trafficking. Accordingly, the civil 

forfeiture case and the related criminal 

action create an identity of issues and are 

likely to entail substantial duplication of 

labor if heard by different judges.

For the foregoing reasons, the United 

States respectfully requests that the two 

cases be assigned to a single district judge.

(Notice of Related Cases, ECF No. 23.)

Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that 

they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123. Under the 

regular practice of this Court, related cases are generally 

assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first 

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filed action was assigned. Therefore, action No. 2:14-CV-02941

is reassigned to Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr., and for all 

further proceedings, and any date currently set in the reassigned 

case is VACATED. Henceforth the caption on documents filed in the 

reassigned case shall show the initials “GEB-DAD.” 

Further, a Status Conference is scheduled in action No. 

2:14-cv-02941 before the undersigned judge on May 4, 2015, at 

9:00 a.m. A joint status report shall be filed no later than 

fourteen (14) days prior.1

The Clerk of the Court shall make appropriate 

adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for 

this reassignment.

Dated: December 23, 2014

 

1 The failure of one or more of the parties to participate in the 

preparation of the Joint Status Report does not excuse the other parties from 

their obligation to timely file a status report in accordance with this Order. 

In the event a party fails to participate as ordered, the party timely 

submitting the status report shall include a declaration explaining why it was 

unable to obtain the cooperation of the other party or parties.

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