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Parties Involved:
Approximately $493,215.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant U.S. 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.

APPROXIMATELY $493,215.00 IN U.S.

CURRENCY,

Defendant.

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1:07-CV-01492-OWW-DLB

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 Admiralty and 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 $493,215.00 in U.S. Currency (hereafter “defendant

currency”) was seized in the city of Delano, in Kern County, California. The Federal Bureau of

Investigation (“FBI”) published notice of the nonjudicial forfeiture of the defendant Approximately

$493,215.00 in U.S. Currency on December 8, 15, and 22, 2006, in the Wall Street Journal;

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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: Daily Report.

c. The publication 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: October 11, 2007 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 /s/ Stephanie Hamilton Borchers 

STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant United States Attorney

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 21, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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