PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE

ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.

This Court finds that on February 6, 2014, defendant IQBAL SINGH-SIDHU was found guilty on Counts One through Seventeen of an Eighteen-Count Second Superseding Criminal Indictment charging him in Counts One and Three with Distribution of a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1); in Counts Two and Four through Six with Distribution of a Controlled Substance Analogue in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 802(32)(A), 813, and 841(a)(1); in Counts Seven through Nine and Eleven through Fourteen with Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1); in Counts Ten, Fifteen, and Sixteen with Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance Analogue in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 802(32)(A), 813, and 841(a)(1); and in Count Seventeen with Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 856(a)(1). Second Superseding Indictment, ECF No. 29; Minutes of Jury Trial, ECF No. 61; Jury Verdict, ECF No. 67.

This Court finds, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(1) and (2), the United States of America has shown the requisite nexus between property set forth in the Forfeiture Allegation of the Second Superseding Criminal Indictment and the offenses to which defendant IQBAL SINGH-SIDHU was found guilty. Second Superseding Indictment, ECF No. 29; Minutes of Jury Trial, ECF No. 61; Jury Verdict, ECF No. 67.

The following asset is subject to forfeiture pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853:

This Court finds the United States of America is now entitled to, and should, reduce the aforementioned property to the possession of the United States of America.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the United States of America should seize the aforementioned property.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED all right, title, and interest of IQBAL SINGH-SIDHU in the aforementioned property is forfeited and is vested in the United States of America and shall be safely held by the United States of America until further order of the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED the United States of America shall publish for at least thirty (30) consecutive days on the official internet government forfeiture website, www.forfeiture.gov, notice of this Order, which shall describe the forfeited property, state the time under the applicable statute when a petition contesting the forfeiture must be filed, and state the name and contact information for the government attorney to be served with the petition, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(6) and Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(2).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that any individual or entity who claims an interest in the aforementioned property must file a petition for a hearing to adjudicate the validity of the petitioner's alleged interest in the property, which petition shall be signed by the petitioner under penalty of perjury pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(3) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 1746, and shall set forth the nature and extent of the petitioner's right, title, or interest in the forfeited property and any additional facts supporting the petitioner's petition and the relief sought.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED a petition, if any, must be filed with the Clerk of the Court, Bruce R. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, 400 South Virginia Street, 3rd Floor, Reno, NV 89501, no later than thirty (30) days after the notice is sent or, if direct notice was not sent, no later than sixty (60) days after the first day of the publication on the official internet government forfeiture site, www.forfeiture.gov.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED a copy of the petition, if any, shall be served upon the Asset Forfeiture Attorney of the United States Attorney's Office at the following address at the time of filing:

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED the notice described herein need not be published in the event a Declaration of Forfeiture is issued by the appropriate agency following publication of notice of seizure and intent to administratively forfeit the above-described property.