Filed: Feb. 04, 2015
Latest Update: Feb. 04, 2015
Summary: CONSENT JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO SETTLEMENT MANUEL L. REAL, District Judge. This civil forfeiture action was commenced on May 2, 2013. Claimant Altayebat Market, Inc. ("Claimant") filed a claim on August 7, 2013. No other claims or answers were filed and the time for filing claims and answers has expired. Plaintiff and Claimant have made a stipulated request for the entry of this Consent Judgment of forfeiture resolving all claims concerning the defendant $54,719.99 seized from Wells
Summary: CONSENT JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO SETTLEMENT MANUEL L. REAL, District Judge. This civil forfeiture action was commenced on May 2, 2013. Claimant Altayebat Market, Inc. ("Claimant") filed a claim on August 7, 2013. No other claims or answers were filed and the time for filing claims and answers has expired. Plaintiff and Claimant have made a stipulated request for the entry of this Consent Judgment of forfeiture resolving all claims concerning the defendant $54,719.99 seized from Wells ..
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CONSENT JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO SETTLEMENT
MANUEL L. REAL, District Judge.
This civil forfeiture action was commenced on May 2, 2013. Claimant Altayebat Market, Inc. ("Claimant") filed a claim on August 7, 2013. No other claims or answers were filed and the time for filing claims and answers has expired. Plaintiff and Claimant have made a stipulated request for the entry of this Consent Judgment of forfeiture resolving all claims concerning the defendant $54,719.99 seized from Wells Fargo Bank account ******4380 and ******8494 (Asset ID No. 11-IRS-01687)("Defendant Currency").
The Court has been duly advised of the parties' settlement and has considered the matter. Based upon the Stipulation and mutual consent of the parties hereto, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court hereby ORDERS, ADJUDGES AND DECREES as follows:
1. The United States of America ("Government") shall have judgment as to $44,719.99 of the Defendant Currency, plus all interest earned by the Government on the full amount of the Defendant Currency since seizure, and no other person or entity shall have any right, title or interest therein.
2. $10,000.00 of the Defendant Currency, without any interest earned by the Government on that amount, shall be returned to the Claimant within 45 days from the date of this Judgment. The funds are to be made payable via ACH deposit to Claimant's Counsel: Ulwelling Siddiqui, LLP, 695 Town Center Drive, Suite 700, Costa Mesa, California 92626.
3. This Consent Judgment arises from the Parties' Stipulation and Request to Enter Consent Judgment Pursuant to Settlement. Nothing in this Consent Judgment shall be construed nor deemed to be an admission of wrongdoing by the Claimant for any purpose.
4. Each of the parties shall bear its own fees and costs in connection with the seizure, retention and return of the Defendant Currency, the Settlement, and this Consent Judgment.