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Parties Involved:
2021 Dodge Durango Utility SRT Hellcat
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff
Joseph Lee Edward Wright
Claimant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

2021 DODGE DURANGO UTILITY SRT 

HELLCAT, VIN: 1C4SDJH99MC757148, 

LICENSE NUMBER: 8YGP548, 

 

 Defendant. 

2:24-CV-02605-DJC-SCR 

FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE 

Pursuant to the Request for Final Judgment of Forfeiture filed herein, the Court finds: 

1. This is a civil action in rem against defendant 2021 Dodge Durango Utility SRT Hellcat, 

VIN: 1C4SDJH99MC757148, License Number: 8YGP548 (hereafter “defendant vehicle”) seized on or 

about May 12, 2022. 

2. The defendant vehicle is registered to Joseph Lee Edward Wright. 

 3. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem was filed on September 25, 2024 (hereafter 

“Complaint”). The Complaint alleged that the defendant vehicle is subject to forfeiture to the United 

States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(4) and 881(a)(6). 

 4. On October 15, 2024, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the defendant vehicle, and 

that warrant was executed on October 25, 2024. 

PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

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. Beginning on October 17, 2024, 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 December 13, 2024. 

 6. 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: 

a. Joseph Lee Edward Wright 

 7. No 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. 

 8. On November 13, 2023, pursuant to a Stipulation for Consent Judgment of Forfeiture, 

potential claimant Sukhmanpreet Jawanda agreed to forfeit all of his right, title, and interest in the 

defendant vehicle pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(4) and 881(a)(6), to be disposed of according to 

law. That Stipulation is attached as Exhibit A to the Request for Final Judgment of Forfeiture filed 

herein. 

 9. The Clerk of the Court entered a Clerk’s Certificate of Entry of Default against Joseph 

Lee Edward Wright on December 30, 2024. Pursuant to Local Rule 540, the United States requests 

that, as a part of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the Court enter a default judgment against the 

interest, if any, of Joseph Lee Edward Wright without further notice. 

 Based on the above findings, and the files and records of the Court, it is hereby ORDERED 

AND ADJUDGED: 

1. That judgment is hereby entered against potential claimants Sukhmanpreet Jawanda and 

Joseph Lee Edward Wright and all other potential claimants who have not filed claims in this action. 

 2. All right, title, and interest of Sukhmanpreet Jawanda and Joseph Lee Edward Wright 

in the 2021 Dodge Durango Utility SRT Hellcat, VIN: 1C4SDJH99MC757148, License Number: 

8YGP548 shall be forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(4) and 881(a)(6), to 

be disposed of according to law. 

3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the U.S. Marshals Service (or a 

designee) shall sell the defendant vehicle in the most commercially feasible manner and shall pay any 

legitimate liens. The United States may pay any such lien or encumbrance at its sole discretion. 

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4. 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 or forfeiture of the defendant vehicle. This is a full and final release 

applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out of said seizure or 

forfeiture of the defendant vehicle, as well as to those now known or disclosed. Sukhmanpreet 

Jawanda waived the provisions of California Civil Code § 1542. 

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

 6. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Hon. Daniel J. Calabretta, 

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

 SO ORDERED THIS 6th day of January, 2025. 

 

 /s/ Daniel J. Calabretta 

 THE HONORABLE DANIEL J. CALABRETTA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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