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Parties Involved:
Approximately $18,400.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
Approximately $2,600.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff
Stephen Van Horn
Claimant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPROXIMATELY $18,400.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, and 

APPROXIMATELY $2,600.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY,

Defendants.

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FINAL JUDGMENT OF 

FORFEITURE

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

1. This is a civil forfeiture action brought against Approximately $18,400.00 in 

U.S. Currency and Approximately $2,600.00 in U.S. Currency (collectively the “Defendant 

Currency”), which was seized on or about September 17, 2014.

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

February 17, 2015, alleging that said Defendant Currency is subject to forfeiture to the 

United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6).

3. On February 18, 2015, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the 

Defendant Currency, and that warrant was duly executed on February 18, 2015.

4. Beginning on March 3, 2015, for at least 30 consecutive days, the United 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

JEFFREY A. SPIVAK

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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States published Notice of the Forfeiture Action on the official internet government 

forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov. A Declaration of Publication was filed on April 3, 2015.

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

site www.forfeiture.gov, actual notice or attempted notice was given to:

a. Stephen Curtis Van Horn

b. Jessica Van Skiver

6. Claimant Stephen Van Horn included a claim alleging an interest in the 

Defendant Currency with the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture. 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.

7. The Clerk of the Court entered a Clerk's Certificate of Entry of Default 

against Jessica Van Skiver on April 3, 2015. Pursuant to Local Rule 540, the United States 

and Claimant thus join in a request that as part of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture the 

Court enter a default judgment against the interests, if any, of Jessica Van Skiver without 

further notice.

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. That judgment is hereby entered against Claimant Stephen Van Horn and all 

other potential claimants who have not filed claims in this action.

3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, $13,400.00 of the 

Approximately $18,400.00 in U.S. Currency and $2,600.00 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, $5,000.00 of the Approximately $18,400.00 in U.S. Currency shall be returned 

to Claimant Stephen Van Horn through his attorney Charles R. Farrar, Jr.

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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. Morrison 

C. England, Jr., District Judge, shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Final 

Judgment of Forfeiture.

CERTIFICATE OF REASONABLE CAUSE

9. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed February 17, 2015, 

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

April 23, 2015

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