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Parties Involved:
Approximately $14,400.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
Cliff A. Charpentier
Claimant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPROXIMATELY $14,400.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

 Defendant.

2:14-CV-02828-GEB-EFB

FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

Pursuant to the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the Court finds:

1. This is a civil action in rem to forfeit to the United States Approximately $14,400.00 in 

U.S. Currency (“defendant currency”) involved in violations of federal drug laws.

2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (“Complaint”) was filed on December 3, 

2014, alleging that said defendant currency is subject to forfeiture to the United States pursuant to 21

U.S.C. § 881(a)(6).

3. On December 17, 2014, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the defendant 

currency, and that warrant was duly executed on December 19, 2014.

4. Beginning on December19, 2014, for at least 30 consecutive days, the United States 

published Notice of the Forfeiture Action on the official internet government forfeiture site 

www.forfeiture.gov. A Declaration of Publication was filed on January 20, 2015.

5. In addition to the public notice on the official internet government forfeiture site 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN

Assistant U. S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Attorneys for the United States

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www.forfeiture.gov, actual notice or attempted notice was given to Cliff A. Charpentier.

6. Claimant Cliff A. Charpentier filed a claim alleging an interest in the defendant currency 

on February 23, 2015, and an answer to the Complaint on February 23, 2015. No other parties have 

filed claims or answers in this matter, and the time in which any person or entity may file a claim and 

answer has expired. 

Based on the above findings, and the files and records of the Court, it is hereby ORDERED 

AND ADJUDGED:

1. The Court adopts the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture entered into by and 

between the parties to this action.

2. Judgment is hereby entered against claimant Cliff A. Charpentier and all other potential 

claimants who have not filed claims in this action.

3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, $6,400.00 of the $14,400.00 in U.S. 

Currency, together with any interest that may have accrued on the total amount seized, shall be 

forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6), to be disposed of according to law.

4. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, but no later than 60 days thereafter, 

$8,000.00 of the $14,400.00 in U.S. Currency shall be returned to claimant Cliff A. Charpentier 

through his attorney David S. Silber.

5. The United States and its servants, agents, and employees and all other public entities, 

their servants, agents, and employees, are released from any and all liability arising out of or in any way 

connected with the seizure, arrest, or forfeiture of the defendant currency. This is a full and final 

release applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out of said seizure, 

arrest, or forfeiture, as well as to those now known or disclosed. The parties waived the provisions of 

California Civil Code § 1542. 

6. Claimant waived any and all claim or right to interest that may have accrued on the 

defendant currency.

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

8. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Hon. Garland E. Burrell, 

Jr., District Judge, shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture.

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9. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed December 3, 2014, and 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 seizure and arrest of the 

defendant currency, and for the commencement and prosecution of this forfeiture action.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 25, 2016

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