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Nature of Suit Code: 625
Nature of Suit: Drug Related Seizure of Property
Cause of Action: 21:841 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.

2006 DODGE CREW CAB PICKUP

TRUCK, VIN: 1D7HA18266S610029,

LICENSE NUMBER: 7Y86727,

Defendants.

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 1:07-cv-00387-OWW-TAG

 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 Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims

(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 2006 Dodge Crew Cab Pickup Truck, VIN:1D7HA18266S610029,

License Number 7Y86727 (hereafter "defendant vehicle") was seized in the City of Hanford, in

Kings County, California. The Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") published notice of

the nonjudicial forfeiture of the defendant vehicle on October 30, November 6 and 13, 2006, in

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the Wall Street Journal.

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 vehicle was seized: The Hanford Sentinel;

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: 3/9/07 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

/s/ Stephanie Hamilton Borchers 

STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant United States Attorney

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 15, 2007 /s/ Theresa A. Goldner 

j6eb3d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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