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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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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND STAY AND

ORDER THEREON [PROPOSED] 1

LAWRENCE G. BROWN 

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, ) 2:07-CV-1290 EJG/GGH

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Plaintiff, ) 

) JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND

v. ) STAY, 

) ORDER THEREON 

APPROXIMATELY $9,000.00 IN U.S. )

CURRENCY, and )

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APPROXIMATELY $4,580.00 IN U.S. )

CURRENCY, )

) DATE: August 21, 2009

Defendants. ) TIME: 9:00 a.m.

 ) COURTROOM:10

Plaintiff United States of America and claimants Wei Jie Ma

and Cindy Woo submit the following Joint Request to Extend Stay

and Order Thereon (Proposed).

On April 28, 2009, the parties submitted a joint request to

extend the stay previously entered in this action due to criminal

charges pending against claimant Ma in this district (one count

of “Conspiracy to Manufacture and Possess with Intent to

Distribute at Least 1,000 Marijuana Plants,” and one count of

“Manufacturing at Least 1,000 Marijuana Plants.” United States

v. Wei Jie Ma, et al., 2:07-CR-0025 EJG. At that time claimant

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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND STAY AND

ORDER THEREON [PROPOSED] 2

Wei Jie Ma was awaiting sentencing on federal drug trafficking

charges, and was scheduled to be sentenced on July 10, 2009. 

Ma’s sentencing has been continued again and is now scheduled for

January 15, 2009. Accordingly, the parties jointly request that

this matter be stayed an additional six months, until January 29,

2010. Assuming that claimant is sentenced as scheduled, the

parties will then ask the court to lift the stay and fully

schedule this case.

DATED: July 29, 2009 LAWRENCE G. BROWN 

Acting United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorney for plaintiff

DATED: July 30, 2009 LAW OFFICES OF HANLON & RIEF

By: /s/ Sara Rief 

SARA RIEF

Attorney for claimants

Wei Jie Ma and Cindy Woo

(Original signatures 

maintained by plaintiff)

ORDER

For the reasons set forth above, this matter is stayed

pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(g)(1), 981(g)(2) and 21 U.S.C. 

§ 881(i) until January 29, 2010. The scheduling conference

scheduled for August 21, 2009, is rescheduled to January 29,

2010. A joint status report is to be filed fourteen days prior

to the hearing.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 4, 2009

/s/ Edward J. Garcia 

EDWARD J. GARCIA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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