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Parties Involved:
David Johns
Claimant
Mary Johns
Claimant
Major Amos Nilson
Claimant
Lucy H. Nilson
Claimant
Real property located at 9445 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento, California, Sacramento County
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

Document Text:

1 Request for Extension of Stay of Further 

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

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 

 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9445 

FRUITRIDGE ROAD, SACRAMENTO, 

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO 

COUNTY, APN NOS: 063-0060-045 AND 

063-0060-046 INCLUDING ALL 

APPURTENANCES AND 

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, 

 Defendant. 

2:11-CV-01902-JAM-DAD 

REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF STAY OF 

FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AND ORDER 

DATE: N/A 

TIME: N/A 

COURTROOM: N/A 

The United States of America and David Johns, Mary Johns, and Major Amos Nilson 

and Lucy H. Nilson, Trustees of the Nilson Family Revocable Trust (hereafter referred to 

collectively as "claimants") submit the following Request for Extension of Stay of Further 

Proceedings and Proposed Order. 

This matter was previously stayed on September 15, 2011, November 28, 2011, 

February 1, 2012, May 1, 2012, August 1, 2012, November 1, 2012, January 30, 2013, April 

30, 2013, July 30, 2013, October 30, 2013, March 27, 2014 and September 8, 2014 based on 

the on-going criminal investigation into marijuana cultivation at 9445 Fruitridge Road, 

Sacramento, California (hereafter "defendant property"). To date, several individuals have 

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been charged with federal criminal crimes related to marijuana cultivation at the 

defendant property, Case Nos. 2:11-CR-00275-JAM and 2:11-CR-00276-JAM; but neither 

David Johns nor Mary Johns, the record owners of the defendant property, have been 

charged with any criminal offense by state, local, or federal authorities. 

1. Each of the claimants has filed a claim to the defendant property. Claimants 

David Johns, Mary Johns, Major Amos Nilson, and Lucy H. Nilson have not yet filed their 

Answers and will not be required to do so until the stay contemplated by this stipulation 

expires. 

 2. The stay is requested pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(g)(1), 981(g)(2), and 21 

U.S.C. § 881(i). The United States contends that the defendant property was used to 

facilitate the cultivation of marijuana. 

3. It is the United States’ position that the statute of limitations has not expired 

on potential criminal charges relating to the marijuana grow at the defendant property. 

Nevertheless, the United States intends to depose claimants David and Mary Johns 

regarding their ownership of the defendant property, as well as their knowledge and 

participation in large scale marijuana cultivation, including the marijuana grow at the 

defendant property. If discovery proceeds at this time, claimants will be placed in the 

difficult position of either invoking their Fifth Amendment rights against selfincrimination and losing the ability to pursue their claims to the defendant property, or 

waiving their Fifth Amendment rights and submitting to a deposition and potentially 

incriminating themselves. If they invoke their Fifth Amendment rights, the United States 

will be deprived of the ability to explore the factual basis for the claims they filed with this 

court. 

4. In addition, claimants intend to depose, among others, the agents involved 

with this investigation, including but not limited to the agents with the Drug Enforcement 

Administration and the Internal Revenue Service. Allowing depositions of the law 

enforcement officers at this time would adversely affect the ability of the federal authorities 

to investigate the alleged underlying criminal conduct. 

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5. The parties recognize that proceeding with these actions at this time has 

potential adverse effects on the investigation of the underlying criminal conduct and/or 

upon the claimants' ability to prove their claim to the property and to assert any defenses 

to forfeiture. For these reasons, the parties jointly request that the matter be stayed until 

September 30, 2015, in accordance with the terms of this stipulation. At that time the 

parties will advise the court of the status of the criminal investigation, if any, and will 

advise the court whether a further stay is necessary. 

Dated: 3/3/2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

By: /s/ Kevin C. Khasigian 

KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Dated: 3/3/2015 /s/ Brenda Grantland 

BRENDA GRANTLAND 

Attorney for claimants 

David Johns and Mary Johns 

 

Dated: 3/3/2015 /s/ Douglas A. MacDonald 

DOUGLAS A. MACDONALD 

Attorney for claimants Major 

Amos Nilson and Lucy H. Nilson 

 (Signatures authorized by email) 

ORDER 

For the reasons set forth above, this matter is stayed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 

981(g)(1), 981(g)(2), and 21 U.S.C. § 881(i) until September 30, 2015. On or before 

September 30, 2015, the parties will advise the court whether a further stay is necessary. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 3/4/2015 /s/ John A. Mendez________________ JOHN A. MENDEZ 

United States District Court Judge 

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