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Nature of Suit Code: 625
Nature of Suit: Drug Related Seizure of Property
Cause of Action: 21:881 Forfeiture Property - Real Estate

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1 JOINT STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION

OF STAY AND ORDER [PROPOSED] 

 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

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, ) 2:09-cv-1937 GEB-KJM

 )

Plaintiff, ) JOINT STIPULATION FOR 

 ) EXTENSION OF STAY AND ORDER

v. ) 

 ) 

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 17 )

COON CREEK ROAD, HAWKINS BAR, ) DATE: November 29, 2010

CALIFORNIA, TRINITY COUNTY, ) TIME: 9:00 a.m.

APN: 008-760-12, INCLUDING ) COURTROOM: 10

ALL APPURTENANCES AND ) 

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, ) 

 ) 

Defendant. )

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The plaintiff United States of America and claimants Byron

Pickle (the property owner) and Leung and Betty Chinn

(lienholders) request that the stay first entered in this case on

October 7, 2009, be extended until March 28, 2011. The parties

to this stipulation intend only that discovery be stayed. 

Nothing in this stipulation is intended to bar the filing of a

motion for interlocutory sale by the plaintiff or the lienholders

if claimant Pickle defaults in his obligation to the lienholders. 

As explained in the Joint Status Report and Request for Stay

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 Thomas Pickle’s wife, Erlinda, has been appointed by the 1

Trinity County Superior Court as the conservator of Thomas’

estate in light of his disappearance. Trinity County Case No.

09PRO52.

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OF STAY AND ORDER [PROPOSED] 

 

filed on October 5, 2009, this case, and the related case (U.S.

Real Property, 1 Mile Up Hennessey Road, et al., 2:09-cv-1940

GEB-KJM) arose out of an investigation in Trinity County

involving claimant Byron Pickle and two relatives, Thomas and

James Pickle. Local law enforcement officers executed a state

search warrant at the defendant property and found 54 pounds of

processed marijuana, 364 marijuana plants, approximately $10,000

in cash, and packaging material. Officers found about 45 pounds

of processed marijuana, approximately $60,000 in cash, packaging

materials, and multiple firearms when they executed a state

search warrant at the Hennessey Road property. 

The Trinity County District Attorney has filed state drug

charges against Thomas and James Pickle. Thomas Pickle is

missing but James Pickle is contesting the charges. James 1

Pickle has now been arraigned on an information charging him with

cultivation of marijuana, and possession of marijuana for sale,

and a pretrial conference is now scheduled for January 5, 2011. 

No trial date has been set.

 While it does not appear that any charges will be filed

against claimant Byron Pickle, charges are pending against two

individuals involved with the marijuana found on the defendant

property. Undoubtedly James will assert his Fifth Amendment

rights against self-incrimination if plaintiff attempts to depose

him before the state charges are resolved, thereby depriving the

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 The related case is also stayed until March 28, 2011, and 2

the parties suggest that both cases be on the same schedule. 

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government of the ability to gather relevant information from

percipient witnesses.

Accordingly, the parties contend that proceeding with this

action at this time has potential adverse affects on the

prosecution of the related-criminal case, on claimant’s ability

to prove his claim to the property and to contest the

government's allegations that the property is forfeitable, and on

the government’s ability to conduct complete discovery. For

these reasons, the parties request that this matter be stayed

until March 28, 2011 , or until further court order or further 2

court-approved stipulation by the parties. The parties will file

a status report on or before March 14, 2011, advising the Court 

whether a further stay is necessary.

DATED: November 9, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for plaintiff

United States of America

DATED: November 12, 2010

By: /s/ Editte Lerman 

(As authorized on 11/12/10)

EDITTE LERMAN

Attorney for claimant

Byron Pickle

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DATED: November 15, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF DAVID

MICHAEL

By: /s/ Edward M. Burch

(As authorized on 11/15/10)

EDWARD M. BURCH

Attorneys for claimants

Leung Chinn and Betty K. Chinn

 

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 March 28, 2011, or until further court order or

further court-approved stipulation by the parties. The pretrial

scheduling conference is rescheduled to March 28, 2011, at 9:00

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

the hearing. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 15, 2010

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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