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Parties Involved:
Approximately $9,000.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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Stipulation and Order to Extend Time

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

APPROXIMATELY $9,000.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

Defendant.

2:15-MC-00062-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING 

TIME FOR FILING A COMPLAINT FOR 

FORFEITURE AND/OR TO OBTAIN AN 

INDICTMENT ALLEGING FORFEITURE 

It is hereby stipulated by and between the United States of America and claimant Melvin Magee 

(“claimant” or “Magee”) by and through their respective counsel, as follows:

1. On or about March 12, 2015, claimant Magee filed a claim in the administrative 

forfeiture proceedings with the Drug Enforcement Administration with respect to the Approximately 

$9,000.00 in U.S. Currency (hereafter “defendant currency”), which was seized on November 13, 2014.

2. The Drug Enforcement Administration has sent the written notice of intent to forfeit 

required by 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(1)(A) to all known interested parties. The time has expired for any 

person to file a claim to the defendant currency under 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(2)(A)-(E), and no person 

other than the claimant has filed a claim to the defendant currency as required by law in the 

administrative forfeiture proceeding.

3. Under 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A), the United States is required to file a complaint for 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

MARILEE L. MILLER

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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forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant 

currency is subject to forfeiture within ninety days after a claim has been filed in the administrative 

forfeiture proceedings, unless the court extends the deadline for good cause shown or by agreement of 

the parties. That deadline was June 10, 2015. 

4. By Stipulation and Order filed June 4, 2015, the parties stipulated to extend to August 7, 

2015, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for forfeiture against the 

defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is subject to 

forfeiture.

5. By Stipulation and Order filed August 7, 2015, the parties stipulated to extend to 

September 8, 2015, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for forfeiture 

against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is 

subject to forfeiture.

6. By Stipulation and Order filed September 4, 2015, the parties stipulated to extend to 

October 8, 2015, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for forfeiture 

against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is 

subject to forfeiture.

7. As provided in 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A), the parties wish by agreement to further 

extend to November 6, 2015, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for 

forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant

currency is subject to forfeiture.

8. Accordingly, the parties agree that the deadline by which the United States shall be 

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required to file a complaint for forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment 

alleging that the defendant currency is subject to forfeiture shall be extended to November 6, 2015.

Dated: 10/1/15 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

/s/ Marilee L. Miller

MARILEE L. MILLER

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Dated: 9/30/15 /s/ Richard Smith

RICHARD SMITH

Attorney for Claimant

Melvin Magee

(Authorized by phone)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 1, 2015

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