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Parties Involved:
David Johns
Claimant
Mary Johns
Claimant
Major Amos Nilson
Claimant
Lucy H. Nilson
Claimant
Real property located at 9445 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento, California, Sacramento County
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

Document Text:

1 Request for Extension of Stay of Further 

Proceedings and Order 

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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 

 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9445 

FRUITRIDGE ROAD, SACRAMENTO, 

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO COUNTY, 

APN NOS: 063-0060-045 AND 063-0060-046 

INCLUDING ALL APPURTENANCES AND 

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, 

 Defendant. 

2:11-CV-01902-JAM-DB 

REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF STAY OF 

FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AND ORDER 

DATE: N/A 

TIME: N/A 

COURTROOM: N/A 

The United States of America and David Johns, Mary Johns, and Laurel Nilson1, Trustee of the 

Nilson Family Revocable Trust (hereafter referred to collectively as "claimants") submit the following 

Request for Extension of Stay of Further Proceedings and Proposed Order. 

This matter was previously stayed on September 15, 2011, November 28, 2011, February 1, 2012, 

May 1, 2012, August 1, 2012, November 1, 2012, January 30, 2013, April 30, 2013, July 30, 2013, 

October 30, 2013, March 27, 2014, September 8, 2014, March 4, 2015, September 22, 2015, December 

28, 2015, February 26, 2016, May 26, 2016, August 26, 2016, and November 28, 2016, based on the ongoing criminal investigation into marijuana cultivation at 9445 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento, California 

 

1 Laurel Nilson is the Successor Trustee for the Nilson Family Revocable Trust. Major Amos Nilson and Lucy H. 

Nilson are both deceased.

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(hereafter "defendant property"). To date, several individuals have been charged with federal criminal 

crimes related to marijuana cultivation at the defendant property, Case Nos. 2:11-CR-00275-JAM and 

2:11-CR-00276-JAM; but neither David Johns nor Mary Johns, the record owners of the defendant 

property, have been charged with any criminal offense by state, local, or federal authorities. 

1. Each of the claimants has filed a claim to the defendant property. Claimants David Johns 

and Mary Johns filed their Answer on October 13, 2016. Claimant Laurel Nilson has not yet filed her 

Answer and will not be required to do so until the stay contemplated by this stipulation expires. 

 2. The stay is requested pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(g)(1), 981(g)(2), and 21 U.S.C. § 881(i). 

The United States contends that the defendant property was used to facilitate the cultivation of marijuana. 

3. It is the United States’ position that the statute of limitations has not expired on potential 

criminal charges relating to the marijuana grow at the defendant property. Nevertheless, the United 

States intends to depose claimants David and Mary Johns regarding their ownership of the defendant 

property, as well as their knowledge and participation in large scale marijuana cultivation, including the 

marijuana grow at the defendant property. If discovery proceeds at this time, claimants will be placed in 

the difficult position of either invoking their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and 

losing the ability to pursue their claims to the defendant property, or waiving their Fifth Amendment 

rights and submitting to a deposition and potentially incriminating themselves. If they invoke their Fifth 

Amendment rights, the United States will be deprived of the ability to explore the factual basis for the 

claims they filed with this court. 

4. In addition, claimants intend to depose, among others, the agents involved with this 

investigation, including but not limited to the agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the 

Internal Revenue Service. Allowing depositions of the law enforcement officers at this time would 

adversely affect the ability of the federal authorities to investigate the alleged underlying criminal 

conduct. 

5. The parties recognize that proceeding with these actions at this time has potential adverse 

effects on the investigation of the underlying criminal conduct and/or upon the claimants' ability to prove 

their claim to the property and to assert any defenses to forfeiture. For these reasons, the parties jointly 

request that the matter be stayed until January 30, 2017, in accordance with the terms of this stipulation. 

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At that time the parties will advise the court of the status of the criminal investigation, if any, and will 

advise the court whether a further stay is necessary. 

Dated: 12/28/16 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

 United States Attorney 

By: /s/ Kevin C. Khasigian 

KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Dated: 12/28/16 /s/ Brenda Grantland 

BRENDA GRANTLAND 

Attorney for claimants 

David Johns and Mary Johns 

Dated: 12/28/16 /s/ Douglas A. MacDonald 

DOUGLAS A. MACDONALD 

Attorney for claimant Laurel Nilson, 

Trustee of the Nilson Family Revocable Trust 

 (Signatures authorized by email) 

ORDER 

For the reasons set forth above, this matter is stayed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(g)(1), 981(g)(2), 

and 21 U.S.C. § 881(i) until January 30, 2017. On or before January 30, 2017, the parties will advise the 

court whether a further stay is necessary. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 12/28/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

JOHN A. MENDEZ 

United States District Court Judge 

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