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Parties Involved:
Maricela Aceves
Claimant
Real property located at 9688 Poplar Court, Live Oak, California, Sutter County, APN: 06-670-016
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. 

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9688 POPLAR 

COURT, LIVE OAK, CALIFORNIA, SUTTER 

COUNTY, APN: 06-670-016, INCLUDING ALL 

APPURTENANCES AND IMPROVEMENTS 

THERETO, 

 Defendant.

2:12-CV-01082-JAM-DB 

FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

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

1. This is a civil forfeiture action against real property located at 9688 Poplar Court, Live 

Oak, California, Sutter County, APN: 06-670-016 (“defendant property”), and more fully described as: 

LOT 39, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED “PENNINGTON 

RANCH UNIT NO. 1", FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 6, 2004, IN BOOK 16 

OF SURVEYS, PAGES(S) 207, SUTTER COUNTY OFFICIAL RECORDS 

EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS AND OTHER MINERAL RIGHTS 

AS RESERVED IN THE DEED FROM CAPITAL COMPANY, A 

CORPORATION, RECORDED JUNE 22, 1944 IN BOOK 204, PAGE 287 OF 

OFFICIAL RECORDS. 

 2. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem (“Complaint”) was filed on April 23, 2012, 

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

881(a)(6) and 881(a)(7), and 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A). 

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 May 23, 2012, the defendant property was posted with a copy of the Complaint and 

Notice of Complaint. 

 4. Beginning on May 26, 2012, for at least 30 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 July 3, 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 or entities: 

 a. Mariano Vallejo 

 b. Maricela Aceves 

 6. On May 15, 2012, Mariano Montenegro Vallejo filed a claim alleging an interest in the 

defendant property. On May 18, 2012, Maricela Aceves filed a claim alleging an interest in the 

defendant property. No Answers have been filed by the claimants. A Stay was entered on June 21, 2012, 

staying the case pending the resolution of the related criminal case, United States v. Mariano Montenegro 

Vallejo, 2:12-CR-00156-JAM. 

 7. 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. The Court adopts the Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture entered into by and 

between the parties to this action. 

2. That 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. 

 3. All right, title, and interest of Mariano Montenegro Vallejo and Maricela Aceves in the 

real property located at 9688 Poplar Court, Live Oak, California, Sutter County, APN: 06-670-016 shall 

be forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(6) and 881(a)(7), and 18 U.S.C. § 

981(a)(1)(A), to be disposed of according to law. 

 4. Upon entry of this Final Judgment of Forfeiture, the U.S. Marshals Service (“USMS”) 

shall be authorized to sell the defendant property. The USMS (or a designee) shall list the defendant 

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property for sale and shall have sole authority to select the means of sale, including sale by internet or 

through a licensed real estate broker, and shall have sole authority over the marketing and sale of the 

defendant property. 

 5. The USMS shall have the defendant property appraised by a licensed appraiser of its 

choosing. The USMS and the appraiser may have access to the defendant property and structures, 

buildings, or storage sheds thereon upon 24 hours’ telephonic notice. 

 6. The USMS shall deduct their costs incurred to date of close of escrow, including the cost 

of posting, service, advertising, and maintenance from the net proceeds after payment of the costs 

associated with selling the property, unpaid property taxes, and any liens or judgments owed prior to 

recording of Lis Pendens. The United States may pay any such lien or encumbrance at its sole discretion. 

 7. The United States will receive the remaining net proceeds from the sale of the defendant 

property. All right, title, and interest in said funds shall be substituted for the defendant property and 

forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(6) and 881(a)(7), and 18 U.S.C. § 

981(a)(1)(A), to be disposed of according to law. 

 8. Each party shall execute all documents necessary to close escrow, if such signatures are 

required by the title insurer. 

 9. Claimants Mariano Montenegro Vallejo and Maricela Aceves represent that they will not 

take any action, or cause any other person to take any action, to damage or modify the defendant property 

from its present condition or other action that may result in a reduction in value of the defendant 

property. 

 10. Claimants Mariano Montenegro Vallejo and Maricela Aceves shall remove all personal 

possessions, and the personal possessions of any former occupant, including all vehicles, furniture, and 

trash, and will leave the property clean and in the same state of repair as the property was on the date it 

was posted. Any and all of claimant’s personal possessions, and the personal possessions of any former 

occupant, not removed upon 72 hours’ notice by the USMS will be disposed of by the United States 

without further notice. 

 11. The United States and its servants, agents, and employees are released from any and all 

liability arising out of or in any way connected with the filing of the Complaint and the posting of the 

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defendant property with the Complaint and Notice of Complaint. This is a full and final release applying 

to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out of the filing of the Complaint and 

the posting of the defendant property with the Complaint, as well as to those now known or disclosed. 

Claimants waived the provisions of California Civil Code § 1542. 

12. Each party shall bear his or her own costs and attorney’s fees. 

13. 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. 

 14. Based upon the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed April 23, 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 posting of the defendant 

property, and for the commencement and prosecution of this forfeiture action. 

 SO ORDERED THIS 27th day of December, 2016 

 /s/ John A. Mendez_________ 

 JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 United States District Court Judge

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