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Parties Involved:
USA
Plaintiff
Susana Velazquez
Defendant

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HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, SBN #122664

Federal Defender

JEROME PRICE, SBN # 282400

Assistant Federal Defender

Designated Counsel for Service

801 I Street, 3rd Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 498-5700

Fax: (916) 498-5710

Attorneys for Defendant

SUSANA VELAZQUEZ

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

vs.

SUSANA VELAZQUEZ,

 Defendant.

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Case No. 2:19-mj-00153-AC

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXONERATE

PROPERTY BOND; ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Kendall J. Newman

Defendant Susana Velazquez, by and through her attorney of record, Assistant Federal 

Defender Jerome Price, hereby moves this Court for an order exonerating the $50,000 property 

bond in the above-captioned case (ECF No. 7) and reconveying the property to the sureties, 

Abraham Valle Orozco and Viridiana Soledad Velazquez. The government does not oppose this 

request.

On September 12, 2019, after a detention hearing, Magistrate Judge Allison Claire

ordered that Defendant Susana Velazquez be released on a $50,000 bond secured by the real 

property owned by Abraham Orozco and Viridiana Velazquez. (ECF No. 3.) The Clerk of the 

Court received the original Straight Note on September 13, 2019, and the original Deed of Trust 

(No. 2019-110580) on October 10, 2019. (ECF Nos. 7 and 13.) Ms. Velazquez was released 

from custody and ordered to appear in the District of Oregon for all future proceedings. 

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On September 27, 2019, United States Magistrate Judge John Acosta amended Ms. 

Velazquez’s conditions of release, thereby striking the secured bond. See United States v. 

Susana Velazquez, 3:19-cr-00086-SI (D. Or.), ECF No. 39. The Clerk’s Office in the Eastern 

District of California transmitted all documents including the Deed of Trust to the Clerk’s Office 

in the District of Oregon. (ECF No. 15). Operations Supervisor Jeremy Donati from the Clerk’s 

Office reached out to the undersigned advising that the Clerk’s Office in the District of Oregon 

sent the Deed of Trust back to Sacramento in light of the Amended Pretrial Conditions in the 

District of Oregon. Mr. Donati further advised that the Deed of Trust needed to be formally 

exonerated to reconvey the property to the sureties. The undersigned communicated the 

foregoing with Assistant United States Attorney Adrian Kinsella, who indicated that he has no 

opposition to this motion. 

Accordingly, Ms. Velazquez makes the instant motion to exonerate the secured property 

bond, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 46(g), thereby reconveying the property to the surety. She

further requests that the Clerk of the Court be directed to mail the original Deed of Trust and all 

relevant documents to the property owners. 

 

Respectfully submitted,

HEATHER E. WILLIAMS

Federal Defender

Date: January 10, 2020 /s/ Jerome Price 

JEROME PRICE

Assistant Federal Defender

Attorneys for Defendant

SUSANA VELAZQUEZ

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O R D E R

The Court has received, reviewed, and considered Defendant Susana Velazquez’s motion 

to exonerate the property bond. The government does not oppose the defendant’s motion. The 

Court finds that the defendant was released on pretrial supervision pursuant to a $50,000 bond 

secured by the equity in real property owned by Abraham Orozco and Viridiana Velazquez. The 

surety posted the property bond on September 13, 2019. 

The Court further finds that the District of Oregon has amended Ms. Velazquez’s 

conditions of pretrial release, thereby removing the secured bond. 

Therefore, the Court hereby GRANTS the defendant’s motion. The Clerk of the Court 

shall exonerate the property bond in the above-captioned case and reconvey the property to 

sureties Abraham Orozco and Viridiana Velazquez. The Clerk is further directed to mail the 

original Deed of Trust and all relevant documents to the property owners.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2020

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