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Paul J. Cambria, Jr. (NY 15873, admitted pro hac vice)

pcambria@lglaw.com

Erin E. McCampbell (NY 4480166, admitted pro hac vice)

emccampbell@lglaw.com

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120

Buffalo, New York 14202

Telephone: (716) 849-1333

Facsimile: (716) 855-1580

Attorneys for Defendant Michael Lacey

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

 Plaintiff,

vs.

Michael Lacey, et al., 

 

 Defendants.

NO. CR-18-00422-PHX-SPL (BSB)

NOTICE OF GOVERNMENT’S NONOPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT

MICHAEL LACEY’S MOTION FOR 

RELEASE OF FUNDS (DOC. 385)

Defendant Michael Lacey, by and through his counsel, filed a Notice of Motion and 

Motion for Release of Funds on November 16, 2018 (“Motion), which challenged the 

government’s seizure of certain bank accounts on the basis that those bank accounts held 

funds untraceable to Backpage.com, LLC (“Backpage”) and the accidental transfer of 

Backpage-related funds into those accounts was the result of a clerical error by the 

transferor about which Mr. Lacey had no knowledge until his accounts were seized. (See 

Doc. 385.) In light of Mr. Lacey’s inability to pay for his defense or fulfill his financial 

obligations, Mr. Lacey requested an expedited hearing of his Motion. (See id.) 

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Based on the date the Motion was filed, the Government should have filed its 

opposition no later than November 30, 2018. The Government has not filed any opposition 

to the Motion. Further, the Government has not sought any extension of its deadline to 

respond to the Motion. Because the time for submitting an opposition or a request for an 

extension has passed, the Motion is unopposed. 

Consequently, Mr. Lacey respectfully requests that this Court grant all relief sought 

in the Motion.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 3rd day of December, 2018, 

/s/ Paul J. Cambria, Jr. 

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

Attorneys for Defendant Michael Lacey

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On December 3, 2018, a PDF version

of this document was filed with

Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF

System for filing and for Transmittal

Of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the

Following CM/ECF registrants:

Kevin Rapp, kevin.rapp@usdoj.gov

Reginald Jones, reginald.jones4@usdoj.gov 

Peter Kozinets, peter.kozinets@usdoj.gov

John Kucera, john.kucera@usdoj.gov 

Margaret Perlmeter, margaret.perlmeter@usdoj.gov 

Patrick Reid, Patrick.Reid@usdoj.gov 

Andrew Stone, andrew.stone@usdoj.gov

Amanda Wick, Amanda.Wick@usdoj.gov

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