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Parties Involved:
Maricela Aceves
Claimant
Approximately $18,000.00 seized from Chase Bank account number 3121639956
Defendant
Approximately $5,000.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff
Mariano Montenegro Vallejo
Claimant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

APPROXIMATELY $18,000.00 SEIZED 

FROM CHASE BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER 

3121639956, HELD IN THE NAME OF 

MARIANO VALLEJO, and 

APPROXIMATELY $5,000.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

 Defendants.

2:12-CV-02501-JAM-DB 

FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

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

 1. This is a civil forfeiture action against Approximately $18,000.00 seized from Chase 

Bank account number 31216399561

, held in the name of Mariano Vallejo, and Approximately $5,000.00 

in U.S. Currency (hereafter “defendant funds”) seized on or about April 10 and 16, 2012. 

 2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (“Complaint”) was filed on October 5, 2012, 

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

881(a)(6) and 31 U.S.C. § 5317(c)(2). 

 

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 A total of $34,000.00 was seized from the bank account based on the federal seizure warrant, but only $18,000.00 was 

claimed in the administrative forfeiture proceeding. 

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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 3. On October 9, 2012, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the defendant funds, and 

that warrant was executed on October 10, 2012. 

 4. Beginning on October 22, 2012, for at least thirty 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 November 21, 2012. 

 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 individuals: 

 a. Mariano Vallejo 

 

 b. Maricela Aceves 

 6. Claimant Mariano Montenegro Vallejo filed a Claim on November 2, 2012. Claimant 

Maricela Aceves filed a Claim on November 21, 2012. No Answers have been filed by the claimants. 

A Stay was entered on November 28, 2012, staying the case pending the resolution of the related 

criminal case, United States v. Mariano Montenegro Vallejo, 2:12-CR-00156-JAM. 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. Judgment is hereby entered against claimants Mariano Montenegro Vallejo and Maricela 

Aceves, and all other potential claimants who have not filed claims in this action. 

 2. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the Approximately $5,000.00 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. 

3. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, but no later than 60 days thereafter, the 

Approximately $18,000.00 seized from Chase Bank account number 3121639956, held in the name of 

Mariano Vallejo, plus any accrued interest on that amount, shall be returned to claimants Mariano 

Montenegro Vallejo and Maricela Aceves through attorney Michael D. Long. 

 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 

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way connected with the seizure, arrest, or forfeiture of the defendant funds. 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. Claimants Mariano Montenegro 

Vallejo and Maricela Aceves 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. John A. Mendez, 

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

 7. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed October 5, 2012, 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 funds, and for the commencement and prosecution of this forfeiture action. 

 SO ORDERED THIS 29th day of December, 2016 

 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 United States District Court Judge 

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