United States of America v. $32,950.00 United States Currency

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
LAREDO DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 	§
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VS. 	CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:25-cv-91
$32,950.00 UNITED STATES
CURRENCY
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
The Court referred the Government’s Motion for Entry of Default Against
$32,950.00 United States Currency to United States Magistrate Judge Diana Song
Quiroga (Dkt. Nos. 11, 12). In her Report and Recommendation, Judge Song Quiroga
recommends that the Court grant the motion for final default judgment and enter an
order of forfeiture of the seized currency (Dkt. No. 13 at 9). The fourteen-day objection
period has lapsed; the Government filed a statement of no objection, and no other
responses were filed (see Dkt. No. 14). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the Court reviewed the Report
and Recommendation for clear error. CGI Logistics, LLC v. Fast Logistik, No. 5:23-CV-
43, 2023 WL 8313341, at *2 (S.D. Tex. Dec. 1, 2023) (Garcia Marmolejo, J.) (citing United
States v. Soto, 734 F. App’x 258, 259 (5th Cir. 2018)); see also Cao v. BSI Fin. Servs., Inc.,
858 F. App’x 156, 158 (5th Cir. 2021). Finding none, the Court hereby ADOPTS IN
WHOLE the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 13).
Accordingly, the Government’s Motion for Entry of Default Against $32,950.00
United States Currency (Dkt. No. 11) is GRANTED. The Defendant currency is
FORFEITED to the United States pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 5332(c), to be disposed of
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
July 23, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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according to law. The Court will enter a Final Order of Forfeiture under separate cover.
See Fed. R. Civ. P. 58(a).
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED July 23, 2026.
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Marina Garcia Marmolejo
United States District Judge
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