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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KRISTIN S. DOOR, SBN 84307

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916)554-2723

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 2:05-CV-1863 DFL/JFM

)

Plaintiff, ) FINAL JUDGMENT OF 

) FORFEITURE

v. ) 

) 

APPROXIMATELY $42,811.00 IN )

UNITED STATES CURRENCY, )

) 

Defendant. )

______________________________)

Pursuant to the Stipulation for Final Judgment of

Forfeiture, the Court finds: 

1. This is a civil forfeiture action against approximately

$42,811 in U.S. Currency (hereinafter the "defendant currency")

seized from Room 214 at the Comfort Suites Hotel, Rocklin,

California, within the Eastern District of California, on March

9, 2005, by the Rocklin Police Department. The currency was

subsequently adopted for forfeiture by the Drug Enforcement

Administration (DEA) on April 7, 2005. 

2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (hereafter

"Complaint") was filed on or about September 15, 2005, seeking

the forfeiture of the defendant currency, alleging that said

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currency is subject to forfeiture to the United States pursuant

to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). 

3. On or about September 15, 2005, the Court issued a

Warrant of Arrest In Rem for the defendant currency, and that

warrant was duly executed on September 21, 2005.

4. On or about October 4, 2005, copies of the Complaint,

Summons and Warrant of Arrest In Rem, Application and Order for

Publication, and court notices were personally served on claimant

Rebel Gurreri and on potential claimants Jesse Colt Gurreri and

Steven John Ogletree. These documents were also served on Jesse

Colt Gurreri by certified mail on September 26, 2005. 

5. On or about February 10, 2006, a Public Notice of Arrest

of defendant currency appeared by publication in The Sentinel, a

newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the

defendant currency was seized (Placer County). The Proof of

Publication was filed with the Court on March 13, 2006.

6. Claimant Rebel Gurreri filed a verified claim to the

defendant property on October 20, 2005, and filed an Answer to

the Complaint on November 23, 2005. No other parties have filed

claims or answers in this matter, and the time for which any

person or entity may file a claim and answer has expired. 

7. Claimant Rebel Gurreri represents and warrants that she

is the sole owner of the defendant currency. 

Based on the above findings, and the files and records of

the Court, it is hereby 

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

1. That the Court adopts the Stipulation for Final Judgment

of Forfeiture entered into by and between the parties to this

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action.

2. That judgment is hereby entered against claimant Rebel

Gurreri and all other potential claimants who have not filed

claims in this action.

3. That the defendant approximately $42,811 in U.S.

Currency, plus any interest that may have accrued, shall be

forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6),

to be disposed of according to law.

4. That plaintiff United States of America 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

arrest, seizure 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

arrest, seizure or forfeiture, as well as to those now known or

disclosed. The parties waive the provisions of California Civil

Code § 1542.

5. Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and

allegations set forth in the Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem

filed September 15, 2005, the Court finds that there was

reasonable cause for the seizure and arrest of the defendant

currency, and a Certificate of Reasonable Cause pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2465 shall be entered accordingly.

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6. That all parties are to bear their own costs and

attorneys’ fees, if any.

SO ORDERED THIS 28th day of November, 2006.

/s/ David F. Levi 

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF REASONABLE CAUSE

Pursuant to the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture

filed herein, and the allegations set forth in the Complaint for

Forfeiture In Rem filed September 15, 2005, 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.

/s/ David F. Levi 

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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