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Parties Involved:
Approximately $8,364.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEANNA L. MARTINEZ

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPROXIMATELY $8,364.00 IN U.S.

CURRENCY,

Defendant.

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1:10-CV-01254-AWI-SMS

APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR

PUBLICATION

The United States of America, Plaintiff herein, applies for an order of publication as

follows:

1. Rule G(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset

Forfeiture Actions (hereafter "Supplemental Rules") provides that the Plaintiff shall cause public

notice of the action to be given in a newspaper of general circulation or on the official internet

government forfeiture site;

2. Local Rule 171, Eastern District of California, provides that the Court shall

designate by order the appropriate newspaper or other vehicle for publication;

3. The defendant approximately $8,364.00 in U.S. Currency (hereafter “defendant

currency”) was seized in the city of Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, and is in the custody

of the U.S. Marshals Service, Eastern District of California. The Drug Enforcement

Administration published notice of the nonjudicial forfeiture of the defendant currency on April

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12, 19, and 26, 2010, in the Wall Street Journal.

4. Plaintiff proposes that publication be made as follows:

a. One publication; 

b. Thirty (30) consecutive days;

c. On the official internet government forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov; 

d. The publication is to include the following:

(1) The Court and case number of the action;

(2) The date of the seizure/posting;

(3) The identity and/or description of the property seized/posted;

(4) The name and address of the attorney for the Plaintiff;

(5) A statement that claims of persons entitled to possession or

claiming an interest pursuant to Supplemental Rule G(5) must be filed with the Court and served

on the attorney for the Plaintiff no later than 60 days after the first day of publication on the

official internet government forfeiture site; and

(6) A statement that answers to the Complaint or a motion under Rule

12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Fed. R. Civ. P.") must be filed and served within 21

days after the filing of the claims and, in the absence thereof, default may be entered and

condemnation ordered.

Dated: July 14, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

 /s/ Deanna L. Martinez 

DEANNA L. MARTINEZ

Assistant United States Attorney

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 15, 2010 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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