Filed: Feb. 10, 2020
Latest Update: Feb. 10, 2020
Summary: CONSENT JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE CONSUELO B. MARSHALL , District Judge . Plaintiff and claimant Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. have made a stipulated request for the entry of this Consent Judgment, resolving this action in its entirety. The Court, having considered the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, HEREBY ORDERS ADJUDGES AND DECREES: 1. The government has given and published notice of this action as required by law, including Rule G of the Supplemental Rules for A
Summary: CONSENT JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE CONSUELO B. MARSHALL , District Judge . Plaintiff and claimant Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. have made a stipulated request for the entry of this Consent Judgment, resolving this action in its entirety. The Court, having considered the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, HEREBY ORDERS ADJUDGES AND DECREES: 1. The government has given and published notice of this action as required by law, including Rule G of the Supplemental Rules for Ad..
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CONSENT JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE
CONSUELO B. MARSHALL, District Judge.
Plaintiff and claimant Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. have made a stipulated request for the entry of this Consent Judgment, resolving this action in its entirety.
The Court, having considered the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, HEREBY ORDERS ADJUDGES AND DECREES:
1. The government has given and published notice of this action as required by law, including Rule G of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Local Rules of this Court. Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. has filed a claim and has answered the complaint. No other statements of interest or answers have been filed, and the time for filing such statements of interest and answers has expired. This Court has jurisdiction over the parties to this judgment and the defendant currency. Any potential claimants to the defendant currency other than Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. are deemed to have admitted the allegations of the complaint with respect to the defendant currency.
2. The following shall be returned to Peter Griffen Belle, Jr.: $10,000, without interest.
3. The following shall be forfeited to the United States, including any interest earned on the entire balance of funds seized from Claimant, and no other right, title, or interest shall exist therein: $29,600.00.
4. Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. has agreed to release the United States of America, its agencies, agents, and officers, including employees and agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration, from any and all claims, actions or liabilities arising out of or related to this action, including, without limitation, any claim for attorneys' fees, costs or interest which may be asserted on behalf of Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. against the United States, whether pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465 or otherwise. Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. has also waived any rights he may have to seek remission or mitigation of the forfeiture. Nothing in this Consent Judgment is intended as, nor should anything in this Consent Judgment be interpreted as an admission by Peter Griffen Belle, Jr. of any liability or wrongdoing.
5. The court finds that there was reasonable cause for the institution of these proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465. This judgment constitutes a certificate of reasonable cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465.
