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Parties Involved:
.41 Acres of Land, More or Less, In the County of Sutter
Defendant
Sean Carberry
Defendant
Elizabeth Gianella
Defendant
Steven Harrah
Defendant
Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff, No. 2:10cv0791 LKK KJN

v.

.41 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, 

IN THE COUNTY OF SUTTER; 

ELIZABETH GIANELLA; SEAN 

CARBERRY; SACRAMENTO AND 

SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT;

STEVEN HARRAH, SUTTER COUNTY

TREASURER/TAX COLLECTOR and 

UNKNOWN OWNERS, ORDER FOR PUBLICATION

Defendants. 

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Presently before the court is plaintiff United States of America’s application for

an order of publication pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71.1. (Dkt. No. 9.) Rule

71.1(d)(3)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that upon the filing of a

Certificate for Service by Publication, unknown owners may be served by publication by a notice

addressed to “Unknown Owners.” Local Rule 171 (Fed. R. Civ. P. 83), Eastern District of

California, provides that the court shall designate by order the appropriate newspaper for

publication upon the filing by counsel of a motion proposing the place and manner of such

publication setting forth such information as the language to be published, the frequency of

publication, the reasons underlying selection of the proposed vehicle of publication, and related

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 Due to minor revisions to the plaintiff’s proposed order to ensure consistency with the requirements of 1

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71.1(d)(2), the court issues the instant order rather than adopting the proposed order

in its entirety. 

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matters. 

After review and consideration of plaintiff’s proposed application, the court

hereby orders that publication be made as follows:1

a. Publication shall be made once a week for not less than three successive

weeks pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 71.1(d)(3)(B);

b. Service by publication is complete upon the date of the last publication. 

Proof of publication and mailing shall be made by certificate of the plaintiff’s attorney, to which

shall be attached a printed copy of the published notice with the names and dates of the

newspaper marked thereon.

c. Publication shall be made in THE APPEAL-DEMOCRAT, a newspaper

of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Marysville, County of Yuba, which

newspaper has been adjudged a newspaper of general circulation within the County of Sutter, by

the Superior Court of the County of Sutter, State of California;

d. The publication is to be addressed to “Unknown Owners” and is to include

the following:

(1) The Court, title and number of the action;

(2) That the action is to condemn the property;

(3) A description of the property sufficient for its identification; 

(4) The interest to be taken;

(5) The authority for the taking;

(6) The uses for which the property is to be taken;

(7) That the defendant may serve upon the plaintiff’s attorney an

answer within 21 days after service of the notice, and that failure to

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do so constitutes a consent to the taking and to the authority of the

court to proceed to hear the action and to fix the compensation;

(8) That a defendant who does not serve an answer may file a notice of

appearance; and

(9) The name, address and e-mail address of the attorney for the

plaintiff where the attorney may be served, and the telephone

number of the attorney.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 14, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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