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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

STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

APPROXIMATELY 8,000.00 IN U..S.

CURRENCY, 

 Defendant.

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1:08-CV-00014-AWI-GSA

APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR

PUBLICATION 

The United States of America, Plaintiff herein, applies for an order of publication as follows:

1. Rule G(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset

Forfeiture Actions (hereafter "Supplemental Rules") provides that the Plaintiff shall cause public notice

of the action and arrest to be given in a newspaper of general circulation, designated by order of the

Court;

2. Local Rule 83-171, Eastern District of California, provides that the Court shall designate

by order the appropriate newspaper for publication;

3. The defendant Approximately $8,000.00 in U.S. Currency (hereafter “defendant

currency”) was seized in the city of Fresno, in Fresno County, California. The Drug Enforcement

Administration ("DEA") published notice of the nonjudicial forfeiture of the defendant currency on

August 13, 20, and 27, 2007, in the Wall Street Journal; 

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4. Plaintiff proposes that publication be made as follows:

a. One publication;

b. In the following newspaper, a legal newspaper of general circulation, located in

the county in which the defendant currency were seized: The Business Journal;

c. The publication is to include the following:

(1) The Court, title, and number of the action;

(2) The date of the arrest/seizure;

(3) The identity and/or description of the property arrested/seized;

(4) The name, address, and telephone number of the attorney for the Plaintiff;

(5) A statement that claims of persons entitled to possession or claiming an

interest pursuant to Supplemental Rule G(5) must be filed with the Clerk and served on the attorney for

the Plaintiff within 30 days after the date of publication;

(6) A statement that answers to the Complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Fed. R. Civ. P.") must be filed and served within 20 days after

the filing of the claims and, in the absence thereof, default may be entered and condemnation ordered;

(7) A statement that applications for intervention under Fed. R. Civ. P., Rule

24 by persons claiming maritime liens or other interests shall be filed within the 30 days allowed for

claims for possession; and 

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(8) The name, address, and telephone number of the U.S. Marshal and/or

Department of Treasury.

Dated: Jan. 7, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

/s/ Stephanie Hamilton Borchers 

STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant United States Attorney

 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 8, 2008 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

60kij8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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