United States of America v. Approximately $6,822.00 in U.S. Currency

Filing 5

Application and ORDER for Publication signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 6/22/2011. (Bradley, A)

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1 2 3 4 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney DAVID T. SHELLEDY Assistant U.S. Attorney 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, California 95814 Telephone: (916) 554-2700 Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 5 6 Attorneys for the United States 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 1:11-CV-01000-OWW-GSA ) Plaintiff, ) APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR ) PUBLICATION v. ) ) APPROXIMATELY $6,822.00 IN U.S. ) CURRENCY, ) ) Defendant. ) _____________________________________) The United States of America, Plaintiff herein, applies for an order of publication as follows: 1. Rule G(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims 20 and Asset Forfeiture Actions (hereafter "Supplemental Rules") provides that the 21 Plaintiff shall cause public notice of the action to be given in a newspaper of general 22 circulation or on the official internet government forfeiture site; 23 24 25 26 27 28 2. Local Rule 171, Eastern District of California, provides that the Court shall designate by order the appropriate newspaper or other vehicle for publication; 3. The defendant approximately $6,822.00 in U.S. Currency (hereafter “defendant currency”) was seized in the city of Fresno, Fresno County, California. 4. Plaintiff proposes that publication be made as follows: a. One publication; 1 Application and Order for Publication 1 b. Thirty (30) consecutive days; 2 c. On the official internet government forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov; 3 d. 4 The publication is to include the following: 5 (1) The Court and case number of the action; 6 (2) The date of the seizure/posting; 7 (3) The identity and/or description of the property 9 (4) The name and address of the attorney for the Plaintiff; 10 (5) A statement that claims of persons entitled to possession 8 seized/posted; 11 or claiming an interest pursuant to Supplemental Rule G(5) must be filed with the 12 Court and served on the attorney for the Plaintiff no later than 60 days after the 13 first day of publication on the official internet government forfeiture site; and (6) 14 A statement that answers to the Complaint or a motion 15 under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Fed. R. Civ. P.") must be 16 filed and served within 21 days after the filing of the claims and, in the absence 17 thereof, default may be entered and condemnation ordered. 18 Dated: June 20, 2011 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney 19 /s/ David T. Shelledy DAVID T. SHELLEDY Assistant United States Attorney 20 21 22 ORDER 23 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 Dated: 6i0kij June 22, 2011 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 26 27 28 2 Application and Order for Publication

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