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Parties Involved:
Approximately $8,200.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

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, ) 2:07-cv-02103-MCE-EFB

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Plaintiff, ) APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR

) PUBLICATION v. ) 

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APPROXIMATELY $8,200.00 IN )

U.S. CURRENCY, )

)

 Defendant. )

______________________________)

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 $8,200.00 in U.S. Currency

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was seized in the city of Antelope, in Sacramento County,

California. The DEA published notice of the nonjudicial

forfeiture of the defendant currency on June 18, 25, and July 2,

2007 in 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

currency was seized: The Daily Recorder;

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

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days allowed for claims for possession; and 

(8) The name, address, and telephone number of

the U.S. Marshal and/or Department of Treasury.

Dated: Oct. 5, 2007 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 /s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant United States Attorney

 

ORDER

THE ABOVE APPLICATION IS APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 12, 2007.

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