Opinion
21-cv-11869
06-02-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($18,000.00) IN U.S. CURRENCY SEIZED FROM BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NO. 898084986925, Defendant in rem.
DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND FINAL ORDER OF FORFEITURE
Honorable Robert H. Cleland Judge
This matter came before the Court on Plaintiff United States of America's (“United States”) Motion for Entry of Default Judgment Against all Interested Parties and Final Order of Forfeiture of the Defendant in rem. The Court has reviewed the Motion and the record in this case and being fully aware of the issues, Orders as follows:
IT IS ORDERED that the United States' Motion for Entry of Default Judgment Against All Interested Parties and Final Order of Forfeiture of the Defendant in rem is GRANTED and Default Judgment is ENTERED in favor of the United States.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Defendant in rem, which consists of Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000.00) in U.S. Currency Seized From Bank Of America Account No. 898084986925 is FORFEITED to the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(C), 18 U.S.C. § 984, 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) and 31 U.S.C. § 5317(c) and a Final Order of Forfeiture as to the Defendant in rem is GRANTED and ENTERED. Any right, title, or ownership interest of Miguel Noriega, and of all other interested parties, or their successors and assigns, in the Defendant in rem, is forever EXTINGUISHED and clear title to the Defendant in rem is VESTED in the United States.
The Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, or its designee, is AUTHORIZED to dispose of the Defendant in rem according to law.