Opinion
Civil No. 2:11-cv-14374
03-12-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS ($8,726.00) IN U.S CURRENCY, Defendant in rem.
Honorable Robert H. Cleland
Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives
DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND FINAL ORDER OF FORFEITURE
This matter having come before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Default Judgment and Final Order of Forfeiture, and the Court being fully advised in the premises, it is:
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Default Judgment and Final Order of Forfeiture is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Defendant Currency, Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars ($8,726.00) in United States currency is hereby FORFEITED to the United States of America pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the right, title and ownership interest of Christopher Dukes, or his successors and assignees, in such currency, and any right, title and interest of all other persons, is hereby and forever EXTINGUISHED, and clear title to such currency is hereby VESTED in the United States of America.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the United States Marshal Service for the Eastern District of Michigan, or its delegate, is hereby AUTHORIZED to dispose of such currency in accordance with law.
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ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record on this date, March 12, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk