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Parties Involved:
Approximately $46,500.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
JOHN STEVEN LINDSEY
Claimant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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1 Final Judgment of Forfeiture 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

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-01475-GEB-EFB

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

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APPROXIMATELY $46,500.00 IN )

U.S. CURRENCY, )

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 Defendant. )

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Pursuant to the Stipulation for Final Judgment of

Forfeiture, the Court finds: 

1. This is a civil forfeiture action against Approximately

$46,500.00 in U.S. Currency (hereafter “defendant currency”).

2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (“Complaint”)

was filed on June 25, 2008, alleging that said defendant currency

is subject to forfeiture to the United States of America pursuant

to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6).

3. On or about June 26, 2008, the Clerk issued a Warrant

for Arrest for the defendant currency, and that warrant was duly

executed on July 1, 2008.

4. On or about August 7, 2008, the United States Marshals

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Service personally served copies of the verified complaint,

application and order for publication, order regarding clerk’s

issuance of warrant for arrest, warrant for arrest, order setting

status conference, notice of availability of voluntary dispute

resolution, and notice of availability of a magistrate judge on

John Steven Lindsey. 

5. On August 1, 2008, John Steven Lindsey filed a Verified

Claim Opposing Forfeiture. On August 18, 2008, John Steven

Lindsey filed a Verified Answer of Claimant to Verified Complaint

for Forfeiture In Rem.

6. On or about July 18, 2008, a Public Notice of Arrest of

the defendant currency appeared by publication in The Oroville

Mercury-Register, a newspaper of general circulation in the

county in which the defendant currency was seized (Butte County). 

The Affidavit of Publication was filed with the Court on

September 19, 2008.

7. No other parties have filed claims or answers in this

matter and the time for which any person or entity may file a

claim and answer has expired.

Based on the above findings, and the files and records of

the Court, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

1. The Court adopts the Stipulation for Final Judgment of

Forfeiture entered into by and between the parties to this

action.

2. That judgment is hereby entered against claimant John

Steven Lindsey and all other potential claimants who have not

filed claims in this action.

3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture,

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$8,910.00 of the $46,500.00 in U.S. Currency, together with any

interest that may have accrued on that amount, shall be forfeited

to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6), to be

disposed of according to law.

4. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, but no

later than 60 days thereafter, $37,590.00 of the $46,500.00 in

U.S. Currency, together with any interest that may have accrued

on that amount, shall be returned to claimant John Steven

Lindsey.

5. That plaintiff United States of America 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, arrest, 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, arrest, or forfeiture, as well as to those now known or

disclosed. The parties waive the provisions of California Civil

Code § 1542.

6. That pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and the

allegations set forth in the Complaint filed on or about June 25,

2008, the Court finds that there was reasonable cause for the

seizure and arrest of the defendant currency, and a Certificate

of Reasonable Cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465 shall be entered

accordingly.

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

fees.

8. The Court shall maintain jurisdiction to enforce the

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terms of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture.

SO ORDERED THIS day of , 2010.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF REASONABLE CAUSE

Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed 

June 25, 2008, 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 or arrest of the defendant

currency, and for the commencement and prosecution of this

forfeiture action.

Dated: June 3, 2010

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

3rd June

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