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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5420 

ACME AVENUE, SACRAMENTO, 

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO COUNTY, 

APN: 226-0080-019-0000, INCLUDING ALL 

APPURTENANCES AND IMPROVEMENTS 

THERETO, ET AL., 

 

 Defendants. 

2:18-CV-00831-DJC-CKD 

PARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT OF 

FORFEITURE RE REAL PROPERTY 

LOCATED AT 6426 FUEGO WAY, ELK 

GROVE, CA 

Pursuant to the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the Court finds: 

1. This is a civil forfeiture action against six real properties, one of which is the real 

property located at 6426 Fuego Way, Elk Grove, California, Sacramento County, APN: 119-0500-013-

0000 (“defendant property”). 

 2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (“Complaint”) was filed on April 6, 2018, 

alleging that said defendant property is subject to forfeiture to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 

881(a)(6) and 881(a)(7). 

3. On June 26, 2018, the defendant property was posted with a copy of the Complaint and 

Notice of Complaint. 

PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney 

KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN 

Assistant U. S. Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2700 

Attorneys for the United States 

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 4. Beginning on May 17, 2018, for at least 30 consecutive days, the United States published 

Notice of the Forfeiture Action on the official internet government forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov. A 

Declaration of Publication was filed on July 15, 2018. 

 5. In addition to the public notice on the official internet government forfeiture site 

www.forfeiture.gov, actual notice or attempted notice was given to the following individuals or entities 

related to this defendant property: 

 a. Yong Chen, 

 b. The Silverwood Family Trust c/o Susan Gallant, and 

 c. Great Western Bank. 

 6. Claimant The Silverwood Family Trust, Susan S. Gallant Trustee, filed a Claim and an 

Answer on May 22, 2018, claiming a lien holder interest in the defendant property. Yong Chen 

(“claimant”) filed a Claim on June 4, 2018, and an Answer to the Complaint on June 27, 2018. No other 

parties have filed claims or answers regarding this defendant property, and the time in which any person 

or entity may file a claim and answer has expired. 

 7. On December 26, 2018, escrow closed for the defendant property at 6426 Fuego Way, 

Elk Grove, California, Sacramento County, APN: 119-0500-013-0000, and the United States received 

wire transfers in the amount of $83,628.82, which will be substituted in lieu of the real property. The 

Silverwood Family Trust, Susan S. Gallant Trustee, was paid in full through escrow. The Silverwood 

Family Trust, Susan S. Gallant Trustee, withdrew their Claim and Answer on May 16, 2019. 

 Based on the above findings, and the files and records of the Court, it is hereby ORDERED 

AND ADJUDGED: 

1. Judgment is hereby entered against claimants The Silverwood Family Trust, Susan S. 

Gallant Trustee, and Yong Chen, and all other potential claimants who have not filed claims in this 

action. 

 2. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, $38,628.82 of the Approximately 

$83,628.82 in net proceeds from the sale of the defendant real property located at 6426 Fuego Way, Elk 

Grove, California, Sacramento County, APN: 119-0500-013-0000, together with any interest that may 

have accrued on the total amount of net proceeds, shall be forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 

U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(6) and 881(a)(7), to be disposed of according to law. 

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 3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, but no later than 60 days thereafter, 

$45,000.00 of the Approximately $83,628.82 in net proceeds from the sale of the defendant real 

property located at 6426 Fuego Way, Elk Grove, California, Sacramento County, APN: 119-0500-013-

0000, shall be returned to claimant Yong Chen through attorney J. Patrick McCarthy. 

 4. The United States and its servants, agents, and employees are released from any and all 

liability arising out of or in any way connected with the filing of the Complaint and the posting of the 

defendant property with the Complaint and Notice of Complaint. This is a full and final release 

applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out of or in any way 

connected with the filing of the Complaint and the posting of the defendant property with the Complaint 

and Notice of Complaint, as well as those now known or disclosed. Claimant waived the provisions of 

California Civil Code § 1542. 

 5. Claimant waived any and all claim or right to interest that may have accrued on the 

money being forfeited in lieu of the defendant real property. 

 6. All parties are to bear their own costs and attorneys' fees. 

 7. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Hon. Daniel J. Calabretta, 

District Judge, shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture. 

 8. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed April 6, 2018, and the 

Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture filed herein, the Court enters this Certificate of Reasonable 

Cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465, that there was reasonable cause for the filing of the Complaint and 

the posting of the defendant property with the Complaint and Notice of Complaint, and for the 

commencement and prosecution of this forfeiture action. 

 SO ORDERED this 2nd day of December, 2024. 

Dated: December 2, 2024 /s/ Daniel J. Calabretta 

 THE HONORABLE DANIEL J. CALABRETTA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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