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Parties Involved:
Approximately $40,000.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
Deon Lamont Robinson
Claimant
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 $40,000.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY,

Defendant.

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FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

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

1. This is a civil action in rem brought against Approximately $40,000.00 in U.S. 

Currency, (hereafter “defendant currency”), which was seized on October 27, 2015.

2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (“Complaint”) was filed on March 18, 2016, 

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

881(a)(6).

3. On March 21, 2016, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the defendant currency, 

and that warrant was duly executed on March 22, 2016.

4. Beginning on March 24, 2016, 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 April 25, 2016.

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 individual(s): Deon 

Lamont Robinson.

6. Claimant filed a claim alleging an interest in the defendant currency on May 9, 2016. 

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. 

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. Judgment is hereby entered against claimant Deon Lamont Robinson and all other 

potential claimants who have not filed claims in this action.

3. Upon entry of a Final Judgment of Forfeiture, $25,000.00 of the $40,000.00 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.

4. Upon entry of a Final Judgment of Forfeiture herein, but no later than 60 days thereafter, 

$15,000.00 of the $40,000.00 in U.S. Currency shall be returned to claimant Deon Lamont Robinson.

5. 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, 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 claimant waives the provisions of 

California Civil Code § 1542. 

6. Claimant Deon Lamont Robinson waives any and all claim or right to interest that may 

have accrued on the defendant currency.

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

8. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Hon. Morrison C. England, 

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

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9. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed March 18, 2016, 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2016

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