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Nature of Suit Code: 690
Nature of Suit: Other Forfeiture and Penalty Suits
Cause of Action: 21:841 Forfeiture Property-Drugs

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

COURTNEY J. LINN

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone No. (916) 554-2700

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) CIV-S-03-0937 FCD PAN

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Plaintiff, ) FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

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v. )

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REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2530 )

ROGUE RIVER DRIVE, SACRAMENTO )

COUNTY, SACRAMENTO, )

CALIFORNIA, APN: 075-0133- )

006-0000, INCLUDING ALL )

APPURTENANCES AND )

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, )

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Defendant. )

______________________________)

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CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, )

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Claimant, )

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WAFA BENKHADRA, )

HAIFAA BENKHADRA, and )

JAMAL BENKHADRA, )

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Claimants. )

______________________________)

Pursuant to the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture

filed herein, the Court finds: 

1. This is a civil forfeiture action of certain real property

listed in the caption above. The real property is more particularly

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1 Cal Coast Mortgage Corp. sold the loan to Chase Manhattan

Mortgage Corporation on September 19, 2002.

 

2 Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation merged into Chase Home

Finance LLC effective January 1, 2005.

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described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by

reference.

2. A Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem was filed on May 6,

2003, seeking the forfeiture of the defendant real property,

alleging that said property is forfeitable to the United States of

America pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(C). 

3. On May 28, 2003, the defendant real property was posted

with a copy of the complaint and notice of complaint.

4. On June 4, 2003, a Public Notice of Posting of defendant

property appeared by publication in The Daily Recorder, a newspaper

of general circulation in the county in which the defendant real

property is located (Sacramento County).

5. In addition to the Public Notice of Posting having been

completed, actual notice was acknowledged by the following:

a. Wafa Benkhadra

b. Haifaa Benkhadra

c. Jamal Benkhadra

d. Cal Coast Mortgage Corp.1

e. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation2

6. Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra, Jamal Benkhadra and Chase

Home Finance LLC have filed verified claims and answers alleging an

interest in the defendant real property. 

7. No other parties have filed claims or answers in this

matter and the time for which any person or entity may file a claim

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and answer has expired.

Based on the above findings, and the Court being otherwise

fully advised in the premises, it is hereby 

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

8. The Court adopts the Stipulation for Final Judgment of

Forfeiture entered into by and between the parties to this action.

9. Claimants Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra, and Jamal

Benkhadra agree to pay to the United States the sum of $51,000.00

within thirty (30) days of the date of entry of the Final Judgment

of Forfeiture herein. Upon receipt of a cashier’s check made

payable to the United States Department of Treasury in the amount of

$51,000.00 from claimants Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra, and

Jamal Benkhadra, the United States will take all necessary steps to

remove the existing lis pendens recorded against defendant real

property. Said $51,000.00 shall be substituted as the res herein,

and shall be forfeited to the United States, to be disposed of

according to law.

10. In the event the payment of $51,000.00 is not made within

thirty (30) days of the date of entry of the Final Judgment of

Forfeiture, as provided in paragraph 9 above, the parties agree as

follows:

a. On or after the 30th day of the date of entry of the

Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the United States Department

of Treasury shall list the defendant real property for

sale. The United States Treasury Department shall have

sole authority to handle the marketing and sale of the

defendant property.

b. The United States Treasury Department shall have the

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real property appraised by a licensed appraiser of its

choosing. The United States Treasury Department and the

appraiser may have access to the defendant real property

and structures, buildings, or storage sheds thereon upon

24 hours telephonic notice.

c. If necessary, the United States Treasury Department,

and the real estate broker shall have the right to put a

"lock box" on the property to facilitate the marketing and

sale of the property.

d. The following costs and expenses shall be paid in

escrow from the gross sales price in the following

priority and to the extent funds are available:

(1) The costs incurred by the United States

Department of Treasury to the date of close of

escrow, including the cost of posting,

advertising, and maintenance.

(2) To Sacramento County, any unpaid real property

taxes, which shall be prorated as of the date of

the entry of the Final Judgment of Forfeiture.

(3) To Chase Home Finance LLC, a sum to satisfy an

indebtedness under the Deed of Trust recorded in

the official records of Sacramento County on

September 6, 2002, in the original amount of

$180,000.00 plus all unpaid interest at the

contractual (not default) rate, plus any

advances and costs incurred by Chase Home

Finance LLC up to the date of the payoff of the

loan, including, but not limited to any

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insurance advances, tax advances, and property

preservation costs.

(4) The costs of obtaining standard California Land

Title Association (CLTA) policy of title

insurance, shall be paid for by the seller.

(5) The seller shall pay any county transfer taxes.

(6) To the United States of America, the sum of

$51,000.00. This sum shall be substituted as

the res in this forfeiture action, and shall be

forfeited to the United States, to be disposed

of according to law. 

(7) To claimants Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra,

and Jamal Benkhadra, all amounts remaining after

the above disbursements. 

(8) The costs of obtaining financing, including but

not limited to "points," shall be paid by the

buyer of defendant property.

e. Any liens or encumbrances against the defendant real

property that appear on record subsequent to the recording

of plaintiff's lis pendens on May 7, 2003, and prior to

entry of the Final Judgment of Forfeiture herein may be

paid out of escrow. The full amount paid under this

provision shall be deducted from the amount to be paid out

of escrow to claimants Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra,

and Jamal Benkhadra pursuant to ¶ 10(d)(7), above.

f. The costs of a lender's policy of title insurance

(ALTA policy) shall be paid for by the buyer.

g. Each party to this stipulation shall execute all

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documents necessary to close escrow, if such signatures

are required by the title insurer. 

11. All parties to this stipulation hereby release plaintiff

United States of America and its servants, agents, and employees and

all other public entities, their servants, agents, and employees,

from any and all liability arising out of or in any way connected

with the arrest, forfeiture, or sale, of defendant property. This

is a full and final release applying to all unknown and

unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out of said arrest,

forfeiture, or sale, as well as to those now known or disclosed. 

The parties to this stipulation waive the provisions of California

Civil Code §1542.

12. Claimants Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra, and Jamal

Benkhadra shall maintain the defendant property in the same

condition and repair as existed as of the date of the posting,

normal wear and tear excepted, until they have paid the $51,000.00

payment, or vacated the premises. The term "maintain" shall

include, but is not limited to, keeping the property free of hazard

and structural defects; keeping all heating, air conditioning,

plumbing, electrical, gas, oil, or other power facilities in good

working condition and repair; keeping the property clean and

performing such necessary sanitation and waste removal; keeping the

property in good condition by providing for lawn and yard

maintenance; and other ordinary and necessary items of routine

maintenance.

13. Until they have paid the $51,000.00 payment, claimants

Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra, and Jamal Benkhadra shall maintain

all mortgage payments and insurance policies currently in effect

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with respect to the property, including policies covering liability

to persons injured on said property and for property damage to the

defendant real property. Claimants shall arrange for the inclusion

of a rider to all of the above-mentioned policies naming the United

States Department of Treasury as the primary beneficiary of the

insurance policy. 

14. Until they have paid the $51,000.00, claimants shall allow

the United States Department of Treasury personnel, or its agent,

the right to enter and inspect the property and all buildings

thereon on a monthly basis upon 24 hours telephonic notice.

15. Until claimants have paid the $51,000.00 in full,

claimants Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra, and Jamal Benkhadra

shall not convey, transfer, encumber, lien, or otherwise pledge

defendant real property without the prior, written approval of the

United States.

16. Claimants Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa Benkhadra, and Jamal

Benkhadra shall vacate the defendant real property within thirty

(30) days of their receipt of notice that the defendant real

property has been placed on the market. Claimants further shall

remove all of their personal possessions, and the personal

possessions of any former occupant, including all vehicles,

furniture, and trash, and to leave the property clean and in the

same state of repair as the property was on the date it was posted. 

Any and all of claimants' personal possessions, and the personal

possessions of any former occupant, not removed within thirty (30)

days of their receipt of notice that defendant real property has

been placed on the market will be disposed of by the United States

without further notice. Any cost incurred by the United States to

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evict claimants or for disposal of possessions not timely removed

from the defendant property as set forth herein shall be deducted

from the amount to be paid out of escrow to claimants pursuant to ¶

10(d)(7) above. 

17. There was reasonable cause for the posting of the

defendant property, and the Court will enter a Certificate of

Reasonable Cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465.

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

fees, except as provided for herein.

19. For purposes of this action only, Wafa Benkhadra, Haifaa

Benkhadra, and Jamal Benkhadra stipulate that a factual basis exists

for the forfeiture of the defendant real property. However, nothing

in this Stipulation shall be construed as an admission of wrongdoing

in the parallel federal criminal case, United States v. Hiafaa

Benkadra, et al., Cr. No. S-03-0348.

SO ORDERED THIS 12th day of May, 2005.

/s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF REASONABLE CAUSE

Pursuant to 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 posting of the defendant real property.

DATED: May 12, 2005 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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EXHIBIT A

(2530 Rogue River Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826)

All that certain real property situated, lying and being in the County

of Sacramento, State of California, described as follows:

LOT 274 AS SHOWN ON THE MAP ENTITLED "LARCHMONT RIVIERA UNIT NO. 3",

RECORDED MARCH 10, 1964, IN BOOK 73 OF MAPS, MAP NO. 34.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL MINERALS, OIL, GAS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON

SUBSTANCES WITHIN OR UNDERLYING SAID LAND, WHETHER NOW KNOWN TO EXIST

OR HEREAFTER DISCOVERED PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE GRANTORS SHALL NOT HAVE

THE RIGHT TO THE USE OF THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND OR ANY OTHER PORTION

THEREOF ABOVE THE DEPTH OF 100 FEET FOR THE PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT OR

EXTRACTION OF SAID SUBSTANCES, SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION

ONLY, GRANTORS DO FURTHER EXPRESSLY EXCEPT AND RESERVE AN EASEMENT AND

RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS UNDER AND THROUGH THE SUB-SURFACE OF THE

LANDS HEREIN ABOVE DESCRIBED AT A DEPTH BELOW 100 FEET FOR THE PURPOSE

OF EXPLORING, MINING, DRILLING, PRODUCING, EXTRACTING AND REMOVING THE

SAID SUBSTANCES, OR EITHER OR ANY OF THEM FROM THE SAID SUB-SURFACE

BELOW A DEPTH OF 100 FEET UNDERLYING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LANDS AND

FROM THE SUB-SURFACE OF OTHER LANDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE ABOVE

DESCRIBED LANDS.

APN: 075-0133-006-0000

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