U.S. v. 2001 SILVER LEXUS IS 300 LICENCE PLATE NUMBER ECJ-914

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, v. 2001 SILVER LEXUS IS 300 LICENCE…

Court: United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Date published: Mar 3, 2005

Civil No. 05-1957 (JAF) (D.P.R. Mar. 3, 2005)

Opinion

Civil No. 05-1957 (JAF).

March 3, 2005

DEFAULT DECREE OF FORFEITURE

JOSE FUSTE, District Judge

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Verified Complaint for ForfeitureIn Rem against the defendant property on September 9, 2005.

WHEREAS, on September 30, 2005, José F. Pagán Fuentes was served.

WHEREAS, notice was caused to be published on, October 12, 2005, in El Nuevo Dia, a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico, allowing any person having a claim in the above mentioned defendant property to state the same before this court.

WHEREAS, on October 25, 2005 claimants, José F. Pagán Fuentes and Soraya Benitez Rámirez filed a Notice of Claim.

WHEREAS, as to this date claimants have not filed the answer to the complaint, not complying with Section 983(a)(4) and Rule C(6), which provides that the answer must be filed within 20 days of filing a claim.

Now, therefore, on motion of the plaintiff, United States of America, for a Default Decree of Forfeiture, it is hereby

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the above mentioned property be forfeited to the United States of America and no right, title or interest in the property shall exist in any other party. The defendant property shall be disposed of in accordance to law by the United States Marshal Service.

SO ORDERED.