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Parties Involved:
2002 GMC Envoy SLT
Defendant
2006 GMC Sierra 250HD 4WD Crew Cab SLT
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, ) 2:08-cv-00551-LEW-KJM

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Plaintiff, ) APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR

) PUBLICATION 

v. )

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2006 GMC SIERRA 250HD 4WD CREW )

CAB SLT, VIN: 1GTHK23236F136831, )

CALIFORNIA LICENSE NUMBER: )

7Y78394, and )

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2002 GMC ENVOY SLT, )

VIN: 1GKDT13S222470974, )

CALIFORNIA LICENSE NUMBER: )

4XJG348, )

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Defendants. )

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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,

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provides that the Court shall designate by order the appropriate

newspaper for publication;

3. The defendant 2006 GMC Sierra 250HD 4WD Crew Cab SLT,

VIN: 1GTHK23236F136831, California License Number: 7Y78394, and

the defendant 2002 GMC Envoy SLT, VIN: 1GKDT13S222470974,

California License Number: 4XJG348 (hereafter “defendant

vehicles”) were seized in the city of Montgomery Creek, in Shasta

County, California. The DEA published notice of the nonjudicial

forfeiture of the defendant vehicles on November 26, 2007,

December 3 and 10, 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

vehicles were seized: Record Searchlight;

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

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("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 

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

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

Dated: March 11, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 /s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant United States Attorney

 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2008.

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