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Nature of Suit Code: 625
Nature of Suit: Drug Related Seizure of Property
Cause of Action: 21:881 Forfeiture Property - Real Estate

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RELATED CASE ORDER

A Notice of Related Cases has been filed that the following cases are related within the

meaning of Crim. L.R. 8-1(b):

CR 04-317 MHP USA -v- Lepp

C04-5401 MHP USA -v- Real Property and Improvements located at 941 and 975 East

 Highway 20, Upper Lake, CA et al

C05-897 MHP USA -v- Real Property and Improvements Located at 9175 and 9176

Upper Lake Lucerne Road, Upper Lake, CA 

C06-4264 VRW Multi Denominational Ministry of Cannibis and Rastafari, Inc. 

 et al -v- Alberto Gonzalez et al 

ORDER

The time for filing a statement to support or oppose the Notice has passed. On the basis of

the material submitted to the Court, as the Judge assigned to the earliest filed case, I find that the

cases:

[ ] ARE NOT RELATED as defined by Crim. L.R. 8-1(b).

[ ] ARE RELATED as defined by Crim. L.R. 8-1(b). I find, however, that

reassignment to me of the action(s) currently assigned to another judge is not warranted.

[ ] ARE RELATED as defined by Crim. L.R. 8-1(b). Pursuant to Crim. L.R. 8-

1(e), the Clerk of Court is ordered to reassign the later-filed action to the undersigned. Counsel are

instructed that all future filings are to bear the initials MHP immediately after the case number. All

matters presently scheduled for hearing in the reassigned case(s) are vacated and must be renoticed

for hearing before the undersigned.

DATED: 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on the date stated below, I lodged a copy of this order with each judicial officer

and I mailed a copy to each counsel of record in the cases listed above.

 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

DATED: By:

 Deputy Clerk

Copies to: Courtroom Deputies

 Case Systems Administrators

 Counsel of Record

Entered into Assignment Program: 

 (date)

X

X

C 06-4264 VRW IS CR 04-0317 MHP, C 04-5401 MHP, and C 05-0897 MHP 7/18/2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

July 19, 2006 Anthony W. Bowser

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