STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR FILING A COMPLAINT FOR FORFEITURE AND/OR TO OBTAIN AN INDICTMENT ALLEGING FORFEITURE

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated by and between the United States of America and potential claimants Hugo Huazo Jardinez, Blanca Parra Castillo, Jorge Guzman-Aguilar, and Florencia Huazo Jardinez ("claimants"), by and through their respective counsel, as follows:

1. On or about November 20, 2017, claimants filed claims in the administrative forfeiture proceeding with the Drug Enforcement Administration with respect to the Approximately $10,270.00 in U.S. Currency and Approximately $6,100.00 in U.S. Currency (hereafter "defendant currency"), which were seized on September 28, 2017.

2. The Drug Enforcement Administration has sent the written notice of intent to forfeit required by 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(1)(A) to all known interested parties. The time has expired for any person to file a claim to the defendant currency under 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(2)(A)-(E), and no person, other than claimants, has filed a claim to the defendant currency as required by law in the administrative forfeiture proceeding.

3. Under 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A), the United States is required to file a complaint for forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is subject to forfeiture within ninety days after a claim has been filed in the administrative forfeiture proceeding, unless the court extends the deadline for good cause shown or by agreement of the parties. That deadline was February 16, 2018.

4. By Stipulation and Order filed February 14, 2018, the parties stipulated to extend to March 16, 2018, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is subject to forfeiture.

5. By Stipulation and Order filed March 19, 2018, the parties stipulated to extend to April 16, 2018, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is subject to forfeiture.

6. By Stipulation and Order filed April 18, 2018, the parties stipulated to extend to May 16, 2018, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is subject to forfeiture.

7. By Stipulation and Order filed May 18, 2018, the parties stipulated to extend to July 16, 2018, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is subject to forfeiture.

8. As provided in 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A), the parties wish by agreement to further extend to August 15, 2018, the time in which the United States is required to file a civil complaint for forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is subject to forfeiture.

9. Accordingly, the parties agree that the deadline by which the United States shall be required to file a complaint for forfeiture against the defendant currency and/or to obtain an indictment alleging that the defendant currency is subject to forfeiture shall be extended to August 15, 2018.

IT IS SO ORDERED.