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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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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

No. 07-5413 MMC

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (CSBN 44332)

United States Attorney

BRIAN J. STRETCH (CSBN 163973)

Acting Chief, Criminal Division

SUSAN B. GRAY (CSBN 100374)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 9 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: 415.436.7324

Facsimile: 415.436.6748

Email: Susan.B.Gray@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPROXIMATELY $61,505 IN UNITED

STATES CURRENCY,

Defendant.

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

DATE:2/1/08

TIME:10:30 A.M.

 The United States, and Claimant Joseph Alioto, Jr, by and through his attorney, David. M.

Michael, submit this joint request to continue the case management conference currently

scheduled in the above entitled case from February 1, 2008, to April 25, 2008, for the reasons set

forth below.

This is a civil forfeiture action brought against approximately $61,505 in United States

Currency seized from Frank Alioto, Jr. at the San Francisco Airport on May 30, 2007. The

complaint was filed on October 23, 2007, and Frank Alioto, Jr. filed a claim and answer

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contesting forfeiture on January 22, 2008.

The complaint sets forth the details of the May 30, 2007 seizure of the defendant currency

from claimant Frank Alioto, Jr. It also sets forth facts concerning another seizure of funds

($34,320) from Frank Alioto, Jr which took place at the Oakland Airport on August 16, 2007.

(¶29,30,31) The second seizure was not charged in the initial complaint because the funds were

then in the administrative forfeiture process and if no claim was filed, a judicial forfeiture

proceeding would not have been necessary. However, Frank Alioto, Jr. did file an administrative

claim and the case was referred to the United States Attorney’s office for civil forfeiture.

On January 17, 2008, the United States filed a complaint seeking forfeiture of the

defendant ($34,320) which was seized at the Oakland Airport on August 16, 2007. The complaint

was assigned to Judge Conti. (CV-08-0318 SC) The complaint sets forth the same facts regarding

the first and second currency seizures alleged in the first complaint, with a few additions in

paragraphs 29, 30 and 31. No claim or answer has been filed in the second seizure, but Frank

Alioto, Jr. intends to appear in that case and file a claim and answer to contest the forfeiture.

Given the similar and overlapping nature of the parties, facts and legal issues, the parties

have agreed that they will file a stipulated request to relate the cases once Frank Alioto Jr. has

formally appeared in the case before Judge Conti. The parties anticipate this should occur within

the next 30 days.

Therefore, the parties request the case management conference currently scheduled before

this Court on February 1, 2008, be continued until April 25, 2008, at !0:30 a.m. This will allow 

Frank Alioto, Jr. to appear in the case before Judge Conti, the parties to file a stipulated request to

relate the case to this Court, and this Court to determine if the cases should be related.

Respectfully submitted,

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

Dated: January 23, 2008 _______/S/________________

SUSAN B. GRAY

Assistant United States Attorney

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Dated: January 23, 2008

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DAVID. M. MICHAEL, ESQ.

Attorney for Claimant Frank Joseph Alioto, Jr.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, and pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, it is hereby

ordered that the Case Management Conference in the above-entitled case is continued from

February 1, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. to April 25, 2008, at 10:30 a.m., with a Joint Case Management

Statement to be filed by the parties no later than seven (7) days prior to said conference.

__________________________

MAXINE M. CHENEY

 United States District Judge

Dated: January 24, 2008

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