CONSENT JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE ON VERIFIED FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR FORFEITURE

OTIS D. WRIGHT, II, District Judge.

Pursuant to the stipulation and request of plaintiff United States of America and claimant Zhonghuang Li ("Li"), the Court hereby enters this Consent Judgment of Forfeiture containing the terms set forth below:

On or about March 4, 2019, Plaintiff United States of America ("the government," "the United States of America" or "plaintiff") filed a Verified First Amended Complaint For Forfeiture alleging that defendant $201,900.00 in U.S. Currency (the "defendant currency"), is subject to forfeiture pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C).

Li filed a claim on April 1, 2019 and an answer to the complaint on April 9, 2019, but withdrew his claim on May 7, 2019.

Other than Li, no other person or entity has asserted a claim to the defendant currency.

No other parties have appeared in this case and the time for filing claims and answers has expired.

Claimant Li, having previously withdrawn his claim to the defendant currency, now consents to the entry of a Consent Judgment of Forfeiture in favor of plaintiff United States.

The Court, having been duly advised of and having considered the matter, and based on the mutual consent of the United States of America and Claimant Li,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED:

1. As between the United States of America and Claimant Li with respect to the defendant currency, this Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action and the parties to this Consent Judgment of Forfeiture.

2. As between the United States of America and Claimant Li with respect to the defendant currency, the Complaint for Forfeiture states a claim for relief pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6).

3. Notice of this action has been given as required by law. Other than Li, no appearances have been made in the litigation with respect to the defendant currency. The Court deems that all other potential claimants admit the allegations of the Complaint for Forfeiture to be true with respect to the defendant currency.

4. The defendant currency plus the interest earned by the United States of America on the defendant currency shall be condemned and forfeited to the United States of America, which shall dispose of those funds in accordance with law.

5. Claimant Li hereby waives, relinquishes and abandons any right to contest the forfeiture of the defendant currency and releases the United States of America, its agencies, agents, officers, employees and representatives, including, without limitation, all agents, officers, employees and representatives of the Drug Enforcement Administration or the Department of Justice and their respective agencies, as well as all agents, officers, employees and representatives of any state or local governmental or law enforcement agency involved in the investigation or prosecution of this matter, from any and all claims (including, without limitation any petitions for remission, which Li hereby withdraws), actions or liabilities arising out of or related to this action, including, without limitation, any claim for attorney fees, costs and interest, which may be asserted by or on behalf of Claimant Li with respect to the defendant currency whether pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465 or otherwise.

6. As between the United States of America and Claimant Li with respect to the defendant currency, (i) the Court finds that there was reasonable cause for the seizure of the defendant currency and institution of these proceedings; and (ii) this judgment shall be construed as a certificate of reasonable cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465.

7. As between the United States of America and Claimant Li with regard to the defendant currency, the Court further finds that Claimant Li did not substantially prevail in this action, and the parties hereto shall bear their own attorney fees and costs.

8. The United States of America and Claimant Li consent to this judgment and waive any right to appeal this judgment.