Opinion
3:12-CR-002-LRH-(WGC)
11-16-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. WESLEY GORDON DRENDEL, Defendant.
FINAL ORDER OF FORFEITURE
On July 30, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of Nevada entered a Preliminary Order of Forfeiture pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(1) and (2); Title 18, United States Code, Section 2253, based upon the plea of guilty by defendant WESLEY GORDON DRENDEL to the criminal offense, forfeiting specific property alleged in the Indictment, agreed to at the Change of Plea, and shown by the United States to have a requisite nexus to the offense to which defendant WESLEY GORDON DRENDEL pled guilty. Criminal Indictment, ECF No. 1; Change of Plea Minutes, ECF No. 21; Preliminary Order of Forfeiture, ECF No. 23.
This Court finds the United States of America published the notice of the forfeiture in accordance with the law via the official government internet forfeiture site, www.forfeiture.gov, consecutively from August 2, 2012, through August 31, 2012, notifying all third parties of their right to petition the Court. Notice of Filing Proof of Publication, ECF No. 24.
This Court finds no petition was filed herein by or on behalf of any person or entity and the time for filing such petitions and claims has expired.
This Court finds no petitions are pending with regard to the assets named herein and the time for presenting such petitions has expired.
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that all right, title, and interest in the property hereinafter described is condemned, forfeited, and vested in the United States of America pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(4)(A) and (B); Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(c)(2); Title 18, United States Code, Section 2253; and Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(7) and shall be disposed of according to law:
1. One Custom Computer Tower
2. One Western Digital external hard drive;
3. One Apple Imac computer with keyboard;
4. One Powerbook G4 with 17" screen;
5. One Powerbook G4 with 15" screen; and
6. any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter which contains any such visual depiction, which was produced, transported, mailed, shipped, or received in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that any and all forfeited funds, including but not limited to, currency, currency equivalents, certificates of deposit, as well as any income derived as a result of the United States of America's management of any property forfeited herein, and the proceeds from the sale of any forfeited property shall be disposed of according to law.
The Clerk is hereby directed to send copies of this Order to all counsel of record and three certified copies to the United States Attorney's Office.
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LARRY R. HICKS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE