Paddlefish Seizure

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Case 4:18-cv-00207-SEB-DML Document 7 Filed 11/19/18 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 32
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
)
Plaintiff, )
)
v. ) Cause No. 4:18-cv-207-SEB-DML
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1855.6 POUNDS OF AMERICAN )
PADDLEFISH MEAT )
(ASSET IDENTIFICATION )
NUMBER: 17-FWS-000019) and )
982.34 POUNDS OF )
AMERICAN PADDLEFISH CAVIAR )
(ASSET IDENTIFICATION )
NUMBER: 17-FWS-000017) )
)
Defendant. )
ORDER ALLOWING INTERLOCUTORY SALE OF PROPERTY
AND SUBSTITUTION OF RES
This matter is before the Court on the motion by the parties for an Order Allowing
Interlocutory Sale of Property and Substitution of Res, and the Court being duly advised in the
premises finds that the motion should be and hereby is GRANTED.
1. The Court FINDS that on May 10, 2017, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents
executed a Search and Seizure Warrant at Ohio Valley Caviar LLC the Defendant 1855.6 Pounds
of American Paddlefish Meat and 982.34 Pounds of American Paddlefish Caviar (collectively
known as Asset Identification Number 17-FWS-000017); and
2. The Court further FINDS that subject the American Paddlefish meat and caviar is
perishable or at risk of deterioration, decay, or injury by being detained in custody pending the
resolution of this action.
Case 4:18-cv-00207-SEB-DML Document 7 Filed 11/19/18 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 33
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that said property shall
be sold through an interlocutory sale in accordance with the procedures outlined in the
Government’s motion, and that the net proceeds from the sale shall constitute substitute res.
SO ORDERED this date: _1_1_/_1_9_/2_0__1_8__
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SARAH EVANS BARKER, JUDGE
United States District Court
Southern District of Indiana
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