Free Status Report - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona LISA ROBERTS Assistant U.S. Attorney Member of New York Bar Two Renaissance Square 40 North Central, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 Telephone: (602) 514-7500 [email protected]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA United States of America, CIV-04-363-PHX-JWS Plaintiff, v. 1. Lear Jet, Model 31A, Serial Number 31A-224, U.S. Registration # N224LJ; Defendant. Plaintiff, United States of America, by and through its attorney, Paul K. Charlton,
STATUS REPORT

15 United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Lisa Roberts, Assistant United States 16 Attorney, of counsel, respectfully files this Status Report with regard to the above action, and 17 pursuant to the Court's Minute Order of August 25, 2006 at docket 181. 18 Learjet 19 As reported in the August 21, 2006 status report filed at docket 179, the defendant 20 Learjet was sold at public auction on June 23, 2006, at the Broward County Convention 21 Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for $4.4 million. On August 25, 2006, EG&G Technical 22 Services, the property manager contracted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to store, 23 maintain, repair, and sell the defendant Learjet in connection with this action, submitted a 24 breakdown of the expenses incurred in such tasks. A copy of this report was forwarded to all 25 counsel of record in this action on September 11, 2006. Numerous discussions have ensued 26 as requests have been made for further cost details. The government is attempting to gather 27 further cost breakdowns. It is expected that all parties to this litigation will continue to 28

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1 confer in an attempt to reach an agreement on the costs to be deducted from the sale of the 2 aircraft according to the directions set forth in this court's order of September 8, 2005. 3 Related Criminal Investigation 4 There has been no further investigation of the parties or incidents that comprise the

5 basis for the instant forfeiture. The government has considered and will continue to consider 6 the Court's suggestion to immunize claimant Alberto Abed Schekaiban, as well as other 7 potential means for moving the forfeiture action forward. 8 Discovery 9 Discovery remains stayed pursuant to the Court's August 24, 2006, order at docket 10 181. The plaintiff United States of America stands ready to recommence discovery 11 proceedings as soon as the stay is lifted. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona S/Lisa Roberts LISA ROBERTS Assistant U.S. Attorney Respectfully submitted this 1st day of December, 2006.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 1, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing. I hereby certify that on December 1, 2006, I served the attached document by U.S. mail, on the following,

5 who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF System: 6 7 Miller, Keffer, & Pedigo 8 Dallas, Texas 75225 9 Douglas F. Behm 11 12 13 Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A. 14
150 2nd Avenue, Suite 1700 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Geoffrey Young 8401 North Central Expressway, Suite 630 Lawson Pedigo

10 Jennings, Strouss & Salom, P.L.C. th
The Collier Center, 11 Floor 201 East Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2385

15 Cynthia Orr 16 Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley th 17 18 19 20 21 S/Victoria Tiffany Victoria Tiffany 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 Floor Tower Life Building 310 South St. Mary's Street San Antonio, Texas 78205

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