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Parties Involved:
Approximately $24,790.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

APPROXIMATELY $24,790.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

 

 Defendant.

2:09-CV-02221-KJM-DB 

FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE 

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

 1. This is a civil forfeiture action against Approximately $24,790.00 in U.S. Currency 

(hereafter “defendant currency”) seized on or about March 4, 2009. 

 2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (“Complaint”) was filed on August 11, 2009, 

alleging that said defendant currency is subject to forfeiture to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 

881(a)(6). 

 3. On August 12, 2009, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the defendant currency, 

and that warrant was executed on August 14, 2009. 

 4. Beginning on August 22, 2009, for at least 30 consecutive days, the United States 

published Notice of the Forfeiture Action on the official internet government forfeiture site 

www.forfeiture.gov. A Declaration of Publication was filed on September 25, 2009. 

PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN 

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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 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 the following individuals: 

 a. Sartaj Chahal 

 b. Gurjit Kaur 

 c. Harry Transport, LLC 

 6. Claimants Sartaj Chahal and Gurjit Kaur filed an unsigned Notice of Claim on October 1, 

2009. No Answer was filed. A Stay was entered on October 28, 2009, staying the case pending the 

resolution of the related criminal case, United States v. Sartaj Chahal, et al., 2:09-CR-00125-GEB and 

related appeal. 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. On April 20, 2010, a jury found Sartaj Chahal guilty of conspiracy to distribute MDMA 

and possession with intent to distribute MDMA in United States v. Sartaj Chahal, et al., 2:09-CR-00125-

GEB. Mr. Chahal filed a Notice of Appeal on October 19, 2011. Mr. Chahal’s conviction was affirmed 

on April 15, 2014, and the Mandate was filed on May 28, 2014. 

 Based on the above findings, and the files and records of the Court, it is hereby ORDERED 

AND ADJUDGED: 

1. Judgment is hereby entered against claimants Sartaj Chahal and Gurjit Kaur, and all other 

potential claimants who have not filed claims in this action. 

 2. All right, title, and interest of Sartaj Chahal and Gurjit Kaur in the defendant 

Approximately $24,790.00 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. 

 3. 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 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 or 

forfeiture, as well as to those now known or disclosed. Claimants waived the provisions of California 

Civil Code § 1542. 

 4. All parties are to bear their own costs and attorneys' fees. 

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 5. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller, 

District Judge, shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture. 

 6. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed August 11, 2009, 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. 

 SO ORDERED THIS 4th day of October, 2016. 

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