Opinion
CR 24-00022 HSG
07-09-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. EVER ESAU SANCHEZ-MORADEL, Defendant.
PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE
HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, United States District Judge.
Having considered the application for a Preliminary Order of Forfeiture filed by the United States, and the plea agreement, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following property is forfeited to the United States pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853 and the procedures outlined in Rule 32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure:
• A black Motorola cellular phone; and
• $397.00 in U.S. currency.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the United States, through its appropriate agency, shall seize the forfeited property forthwith and publish for at least thirty days on the government website www.forfeiture.gov a notice of this Order, notice of the government=s intent to dispose of the property in such manner as the Attorney General may direct, and notice that any person, other than the defendant, having or claiming a legal interest in the property must file a petition with this Court and serve a copy on government counsel within thirty (30) days of the final publication of notice or of receipt of actual notice, whichever is earlier;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, the government may conduct discovery, in order to identify, locate, or dispose of property subject to forfeiture, in accordance with Rule 32.2(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court will retain jurisdiction to enforce the Preliminary Order of Forfeiture, and to amend it as necessary, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(e).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 32.2(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, this Preliminary Order of Forfeiture shall become final as to the defendant at the time of sentencing and shall be made part of the sentence and included in the judgment.
IT IS SO ORDERED.