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Parties Involved:
Approximately $16,000.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States
Plaintiff

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Stipulation and Order to Extend Time

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPROXIMATELY $16,000.00 IN 

U.S. CURRENCY,

Defendant.

1:23-MC-00109-JLT

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING 

TIME FOR FILING A COMPLAINT FOR 

FORFEITURE AND/OR TO OBTAIN AN 

INDICTMENT ALLEGING FORFEITURE

It is hereby stipulated by and between the United States of America and potential claimant 

Adriana Jones (“claimant”), by and through their respective counsel, as follows:

1. The United States and the Claimants, Plaintiffs in the civil action, Howard J. Miller, et al 

v. Juarez Cartel, Civil Action No 1:20-cv-132; United States District Court for the District of North 

Dakota, by and through their attorney, Michael Elsner at Motley Rice LLC, agree to extend the deadline 

for the United States to file civil forfeiture complaints on the assets discussed below.

2. The Claimants have filed approximately 700 claims in the nonjudicial civil forfeiture 

proceedings initiated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Customs and Border Protection, to 

the properties identified in Exhibit A (“the properties”). The Claimants intend this Agreement to apply to 

all claims filed by the claimants, even if the property is omitted from Exhibit A.

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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

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3. The claims have been, or are in the process of being, referred to United States Attorneys 

Offices across the country.

4. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A) and (B), the United States has 90 days from its 

receipt of a claim in a nonjudicial forfeiture proceeding to initiate a judicial forfeiture proceeding against 

the properties.

5. The Claimants acknowledge that the deadlines for the United States to file a judicial 

forfeiture action against the properties begin to run on or about November 29, 2023.

6. As provided in 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A), the Claimants and the United States have agreed 

to extend the time within which the United States may file a judicial action for forfeiture against the 

properties to give the parties sufficient time to try to resolve these matters before the United States files 

or declines to file any such judicial forfeiture action.

7. The Claimants knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily give up any right they may have 

under 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A)-(B) to require the United States to file a judicial forfeiture against the 

properties covered by this agreement on or before the deadline referenced in paragraphs 4-5 and any right 

that they may have to seek dismissal of any civil judicial complaint on the ground that it was not timely 

filed.

8. Claimants and the United States agree, that in the event the Claimants seek to file an 

amended claim, the United States will not argue that the amended claim is untimely during the course of 

the agreed upon extension.

9. Claimants’ counsel warrants and represents that counsel is authorized to enter into this 

agreement on behalf of the Claimants.

10. The Claimants and the United States agree to extend the deadline by which the United 

States may timely file a judicial forfeiture against the properties until February 29, 2024. This extension 

is not intended to reduce the time in which the United States may file a judicial forfeiture against any of 

the properties (any property for which the statutory deadline is after February 29, 2024). In the event the 

February 29, 2024, deadline is not met, Claimants and the United States agree that the Claimants may

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assert any rights right they may have under 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A)-(B) to require the United States to 

file a judicial forfeiture against the properties covered by this agreement. 

Dated: 12/4/23 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kevin C. Khasigian

KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN

Assistant U.S. Attorney

ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS

Dated: 11/20/23 /s/ Michael Elsner

MICHAEL ELSNER, ESQUIRE

New York Bar No. ME8337

South Carolina Bar No. 72893

Motley Rice LLC

 28 Bridgeside Blvd.

Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 29464

Phone: 843-216-9250 

Email: melsner@motleyrice.com

(Signature retained by attorney)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2023 

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