Opinion
2:23-cr-49-SPC-NPM
02-29-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LUIS DANIEL FUENTES
PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FOREFEITURE
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELLL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Before the Court is the United States' Motion for Preliminary Order of Forfeiture. (Doc. 74). Now that Defendant has been adjudicated guilty, the Government seeks a preliminary order forfeiting his interest in the following items (hereinafter “Assets”):
• 1 SanDisk Micro S.D. card, 32GB
• 2 Micro S.D. cards, 16GB
• 1 SanDisk Micro S.D. card, 16GB
• 1 Micro S.D. card, 32GB
• 1 Samsung Micro S.D. card, 2GB
• 1 Kingmax Micro S.D. card, 16GB, and
• A LG cellular phone.See 18 U.S.C. § 2253; Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(2).
In so moving, the Government has connected the above Assets to the adjudicated offenses of producing and possessing child pornography. The Court thus finds the United States is entitled to possession of the Assets.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED:
The United States' Motion for Preliminary Order of Forfeiture (Doc. 74) is GRANTED.
1. The Assets (identified above) are CONDEMNED and FORFEITED to the United States for disposition according to law and subject to 18 U.S.C. §2253 and Rule 32.2(b)(2).
2. This Order will become a final order of forfeiture as to Defendant at sentencing.
3. Jurisdiction is retained to the extent necessary to complete the forfeiture and disposition of the asset.
DONE AND ORDERED.