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Case 2:05-cv-03058-EFS Document 4 Filed 07/01/2005

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
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Plaintiff, ) NO: CV-05-3058-EFS
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vs. )
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$40,000.00 U.S. CURRENCY, ) Decree of Forfeiture
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Defendant. )
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14 Plaintiff, United States of America, filed a Verified

15 Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem on June 29, 2005, alleging that

16 the defendant property was subject to forfeiture to the United

17 States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A).

18 The above court has jurisdiction over this matter by virtue

19 of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1345 and 1355. Venue is proper pursuant to 28

20 U.S.C. § 1395.

21 The defendant property is described as follows:

22 $40,000.00 U.S. currency, representing

property involved in and traceable to
23 violations of 18 U.S.C. 1343, wire fraud.

24 On June 29, 2005, in a Stipulation for Decree of Forfeiture

25 between the United States and Skyline Potato Company,

26 Inc.,(hereinafter, “Skyline”) the United States and Skyline agreed

27 to the forfeiture of $30,000.00 to settle this civil forfeiture

28 case. Skyline agreed in said Stipulation for Decree of Forfeiture

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1 to the entry of a decree of forfeiture forfeiting the $30,000.00 to

2 the United States of America, without notice or hearing.
3 It appearing to the Court that the United States and Skyline
4 agreed, in the stipulation filed herein, to the forfeiture of
5 $30,000.00 to settle this civil case;
6 It appearing to the Court that Skyline has provided the
7 $30,000.00 in accordance with the Stipulation for Decree of
8 Forfeiture;
9 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED, that the
10 $30,000.00 is hereby forfeited to the United States;
11 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the United States Marshals Service
12 shall dispose of the $30,000.00 in accordance with law.
13 DATED this 1st day of July, 2005.
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s/ Edward F. Shea
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17 United States District Judge

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19 James A. McDevitt
United States Attorney
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Robert A. Ellis
22 Assistant United States Attorney
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