UNITED STATES
v.
$126,880 IN U.S. CURRENCY

M.D. Fla. | 2020-07-10
No. 2:19-cv-728
District Court, M.D. Florida (2020)

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Holding

The court adopted the magistrate judge's report and recommendation, granting the consent motion for judgment of forfeiture.


Facts & Procedural History

The United States sought forfeiture of $126,880 in U.S. Currency. A consent motion for judgment of forfeiture was filed, along with a stipulated settl…

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Opinion of the Court

This matter is before the Court on consideration of the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 52), filed June 23, 2020, recommending that the Consent Motion for Judgment of Forfeiture (Doc. 51) be granted. No objections have been filed. A district judge may accept, reject or modify the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In the absence of specific objections, a district judge is not required to review the magistrate judge’s factual findings de novo, but legal conclusions are reviewed de novo even in the absence of an objection. ; , 37 F. 3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994); , 993 F. 2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993). After conducting an independent examination of the file and upon

due consideration of the Report and Recommendation, the Court accepts the Report and Recommendation of the magistrate judge. Accordingly, it is now ORDERED:

1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 52) is hereby ADOPTED, and the findings are incorporated herein. 2. The Consent Motion for Judgment of Forfeiture (Doc. 51) is

GRANTED subject to the terms of the parties’ Stipulated Settlement Agreement (Doc. 51-1). 3. $106,880 is FORFEITED by Defendant to the United States

of America, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). 4. The United States of America is DIRECTED to return $20,000 to Claimants Quenita Harris and Lorenzo Jovan Brown,

collectively, subject to any offset and condition described in the Stipulated Settlement Agreement. 5. All parties are responsible for their own costs and attorneys’

fees incurred in this proceeding as set forth in the Stipulated Settlement Agreement. (Doc. 51-1 at 2). 6. This Court shall issue a certificate of reasonable cause to the United States of America in this action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2465(a)(2), for the $20,000 returned by the United States to Claimants.

7. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE THIS CASE

DONE and ORDERED at Fort Myers, Florida, this 10th day of July 2020.

POI. Cable

JOHN L. BADALAMENTI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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