United States v. Approximately 10.19321397 Bitcoin

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. APPROXIMATELY 10.19321397 BITCOIN…

Court: United States District Court, Eastern District of California

Date published: Dec 17, 2021

2:21-cv-2353 JAM DB (E.D. Cal. Dec. 17, 2021)

Opinion

2:21-cv-2353 JAM DB

12-17-2021

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. APPROXIMATELY 10.19321397 BITCOIN, Defendant.

PHILLIP A. TALBERT, Acting United States Attorney, KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Attorneys for the United States.

DEBORAH BARNES, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

PHILLIP A. TALBERT, Acting United States Attorney, KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Attorneys for the United States.

APPLICATION AND ORDER

DEBORAH BARNES, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

The United States of America applies for an order of publication as follows:

1. Rule G(4) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions (hereafter “Supplemental Rules”) provides that the United States shall cause public notice of the action to be given in a newspaper of general circulation or on the official internet government forfeiture site;

2. Local Rule 171, Eastern District of California, provides that the Court shall designate by order the appropriate newspaper or other vehicle;

3. The defendant Approximately 10.19321397 Bitcoin, (hereafter “defendant cryptocurrency”) was seized in the city of Ta'Xbiex, in the country of Malta.

4. The United States proposes that publication be made as follows:

a. One publication;

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b. Thirty (30) consecutive days;

c. On the official internet government forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov;

d. The publication is to include the following:

(1) The Court and case No. of the action;

(2) The date of the seizure/posting;

(3) The identity and/or description of the property seized/posted;

(4) The name and address of the attorney for the United States;

(5) A statement that claims of persons entitled to possession or claiming an interest pursuant to Supplemental Rule G(5) must be filed with the Court and served on the attorney for the United States no later than 60 days after the first day of publication on the official internet government forfeiture site; and

(6) A statement that answers to the Complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Fed. R. Civ. P.”) must be filed and served within 21 days after the filing of the claims and, in the absence thereof, default may be entered and condemnation ordered.

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 2