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Parties Involved:
2005 Toyota Tundra, License Number 7T31820, VIN: 5TBET34125S470786
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

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2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA, LICENSE NUMBER

7T31820, VIN: 5TBET34125S470786, 

 Defendant.

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APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR

PUBLICATION 

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, provides that the Court shall designate

by order the appropriate newspaper for publication;

3. The defendant 2005 Toyota Tundra, License Number 7T31820, VIN:

5TBET34125S470786 (hereafter "defendant vehicle") was seized in the city of Fresno, in Fresno

County, California. The Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") published notice of the nonjudicial

forfeiture of the defendant vehicle on November 16, 23, and 30, 2007, in the Wall Street Journal; 

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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 vehicle was seized: The Business Journal;

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 ("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 

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(8) The name, address, and telephone number of the U.S. Marshal and/or

Department of Treasury.

Dated: Feb. 19, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 /s/ Stephanie Hamilton Borchers 

STEPHANIE HAMILTON BORCHERS

Assistant United States Attorney

 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 22, 2008 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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