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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *

 * CRIMINAL NO. 09-00107-CG-C 

v. *

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JOSHUA EDWARD LEDKINS *

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FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

WHEREAS, on August 18, 2009, the defendant JOSHUA EDWARD LEDKINS

entered a guilty plea to Count One of the Indictment, charging him with conspiracy to

manufacture methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance in violation of Title

21, United States Code §846. The defendant agreed in the Plea Agreement (Doc. 73) to

immediately forfeit to the United States all of the defendant’s right, title, and interest to

all property which is set forth in Count Eleven of the Indictment and which is forfeitable

to the United States pursuant to Title 21 United States Code, Section 853. Pursuant to

that plea agreement the defendant also agreed to execute any and all paperwork to

facilitate and expedite the forfeiture of the property and agreed and consented that the

Order of Forfeiture in this case would become final as to the defendant at any time after

the guilty plea and before his sentencing in accordance with Federal Rules of Criminal

Procedure 32.2(b)(3). Pursuant to the Plea Agreement, Defendant, JOSHUA EDWARD

LEDKINS, agreed to and confessed to forfeit the following property:

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(1) Four Thousand dollars ($4,000.00) in United States currency seized

from the defendant on May 29, 2008;

(2) Three Thousand seven hundred eighty dollars ($3,780.00) in United

States currency seized from the defendant on April 24, 2009.

WHEREAS, the United States properly published notice of the forfeiture

of the above-described property and the requirements for filing a claim for the

property for 30 consecutive days starting September 19, 2009, at the web site

www.forfeiture.gov . A Proof of Publication was filed on October 20, 2009,

(Doc. 90), specifying the details of this publication. No third-parties have come

forward to assert an interest in the subject property in the time required under Title

21, U.S.C., § 853(n). 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND

DECREED that the following property is forfeited to the United States of

America pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and 853, and

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(b), for disposition according to law:

property the defendant agreed to forfeit pursuant to the Plea Agreement is as

follows: 

(1) Four Thousand dollars ($4,000.00) in United States currency seized

from the defendant on May 29, 2008;

(2) Three Thousand seven hundred eighty dollars ($3,780.00) in United

States currency seized from the defendant on April 24, 2009.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court shall retain jurisdiction in the

case for the purpose of enforcing this Order; and

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall forward

five (5) certified copies of this Order to Assistant United States Attorney George F.

May.

DONE and ORDERED this 24th day of February, 2010.

/s/ Callie V. S. Granade 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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