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Parties Involved:
Approximately $177,022.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

APPROXIMATELY $177,022.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

 Defendant. 

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FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

 This matter came before the Honorable Judge Edmund F. Brennan on the United States’ ex 

parte motion for default judgment. There was no appearance by or on behalf of any other person or 

entity claiming an interest in the above-captioned defendant currency to oppose the United States’ 

motion. Based on the United States’ motion and the files and records of the court, THE COURT 

FINDS as follows: 

 1. This action arose out of a Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem filed January 5, 

2016. 

 2. The United States has moved this Court, pursuant to Local Rule 540, for entry of default 

judgment of forfeiture against potential claimants Matt Karas and Larry Mitchell. 

 3. The United States has shown that a complaint for forfeiture was filed; that potential 

claimants Matt Karas and Larry Mitchell received notice of the forfeiture action; that any and all other 

unknown potential claimants have been served by publication; and that grounds exist for entry of a final 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

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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judgment of forfeiture. 

 Therefore, IT IS RECOMMENDED as follows: 

 1. That Matt Karas and Larry Mitchell be held in default; 

 2. That the United States’ motion for default judgment and final judgment of forfeiture be 

granted; 

 3. That judgment by default be entered against any right, title, or interest of potential 

claimants Matt Karas and Larry Mitchell in the defendant currency referenced in the above caption; 

 4. That a final judgment be entered, forfeiting all right, title, and interest in the defendant 

currency to the United States, to be disposed of according to law; 

 5. That the Default Judgment and Final Judgment of Forfeiture lodged herein be signed by 

the Honorable William B. Shubb and filed by the Clerk of the Court. 

Dated: April 12, 2016. 

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