IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )

)

vs. ) CRIMINAL NO. 16-00054-CG

)

JEREMIAH HUNTER, )

)

Defendant. )

PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE

WHEREAS the Indictment (Doc. 16), in the above-entitled action provided 

the notice required by Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a), which notified 

the defendant JEREMIAH HUNTER, that upon conviction of the violations 

alleged therein, receipt of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United State 

Code, Section 2252(a)(2)(B), the United States would seek forfeiture of certain 

property, in accordance with Title 18, United States Code, Section 2253.

AND WHEREAS the defendant JEREMIAH HUNTER, was found guilty by 

jury trial (Doc. 74);

AND WHEREAS the Court finds that based on the foregoing, the United 

States has established the required nexus between the property it seeks to forfeit 

and offense of which the defendant has been convicted, as required by Federal Rule 

of Criminal Procedure 32.3(b)(1)(A), and for the reasons stated, it is hereby:

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that pursuant to Title 18, 

United State Code, Section 2253, and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(b), 

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the property identified as follows is hereby forfeited to the United States, for 

disposition according to law: 

One iPhone 6s, Serial No. DNRQFP47GRY9

One iPad Mini, Serial No. F7RM2T6BF196

One Sony Vaio Laptop with Service Tag C105QEPO.

AND WHEREAS, by virtue of this order, the United States is now entitled to, 

pending possible appeal herein, reduce the said property to its possession and notify 

any and all potential third parties of this Order who have or may have an interest 

in the forfeited property, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853 and 

Rule 32.2(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND 

DECREED:

That based on the foregoing and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b), the above-described 

property if hereby forfeited to and vested in the United States of America for 

disposition according to law, subject to the provisions of Title 21, United States 

Code, Section 853.

That the aforementioned property is authorized to be held by the United 

States Marshals Service or any authorized agent involved in this case to retain in 

their secure custody and control and dispose of it in accordance with law.

The United States shall have clear title to the property following the Court’s 

disposition of all third-party interests, or, if none, following the expiration of the 

period provided in Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(2), for the filing of 

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third-party petitions. The Court shall forward three (3) certified copies of this 

Order to Assistant United States Attorney Maria E. Murphy, United States 

Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Alabama.

DONE and ORDERED this 26th day of August, 2016.

/s/ Callie V. S. Granade

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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