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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

$58,400.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY,

$6,040.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY,

Defendants.

Case No. 13cv0723-LAB(WMC)

JUDGMENT

OF FORFEITURE

Having reviewed the foregoing Joint Motion and good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED:

The Joint Motion is approved.

1. The parties have entered into this joint motion in order to resolve the matter 

of the seizure and forfeiture of the above-referenced defendants, $58,400.00 in U.S. 

Currency and $6,040.00 in U.S. Currency (“defendant currency”).

2. The parties have agreed to a settlement which is hereinafter described in 

its particulars.

$58,400.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

3. $33,400.00 of the defendant currency shall be condemned and forfeited to 

the United States pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 881. $25,000.00 of 

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the defendant currency, less any debt owed to the United States, any agency of the 

United States, or any other debt in which the United States is authorized to collect, shall 

be returned to the claimant, Jessica Shira Monroe, either directly or through her attorney 

of record, Richard M. Barnett.

$6,040.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

4. All of the defendant currency, $6,040.00, shall be forfeited and condemned 

to the United States pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 881. None of the 

defendant currency shall be returned to the claimants.

5. The terms of this settlement do not affect the tax obligations, fines, penalties, 

or any other monetary obligations that the claimants may owe to the United States.

6. The person or persons who made the seizure or the prosecutor shall not be 

liable to suit or judgment on account of such seizure in accordance with Title 28, 

United States Code, Section 2465. Claimants agree that by entering into this joint 

motion, that they have not “substantially prevailed” within the meaning of Title 28, 

United States Code, Section 2465. All parties shall bear their own costs and expenses, 

including attorney fees. Judgment shall be entered in favor of the United States on 

its complaint.

7. Claimants warrant and represent as a material fact that they are the sole 

owner of the defendant currency and further warrant that no other person or entity has 

any right, claim or interest in the defendant currency, and that they will indemnify the 

United States against any and all claims made against it on account of the seizure and 

forfeiture of the defendant currency.

8. The claimants, their agents, employees, or assigns, shall hold and save 

harmless the United States of America, its agents and employees, from any and all claims 

which might result from the seizure of the defendant currency.

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9. Although this Order takes note of the parties’ settlement, representations and 

agreements, the Court does not retain jurisdiction to interpret or enforce any agreement 

between the parties.

This case is ordered closed. Let judgment be entered accordingly.

DATED: September 16, 2013

Hon. LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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