Dennis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID A. DENNIS, JR., and DONALD No. 2:21-cv-02213-MCE-DMC

ROGERS,

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

15 Defendant. 16 Through the present action, Plaintiffs David A. Dennis, Jr. (“Dennis”), and Donald Rogers (“Rogers”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) seek to quiet title to real property that was seized by Defendant United States of America (“Defendant”) in a criminal forfeiture proceeding. ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). According to the Complaint, Dennis gifted the subject property1 to Rogers through a grant deed on April 30, 2016, and Rogers recorded the grant deed in Trinity County on May 24, 2016. Compl. ¶¶ 16–17. However, on December 8, 2016, “Defendant seized the Subject Property by way of an alleged interest in the Subject Property under a separate criminal plea agreement with Brian Schweder (‘[Schweder]’), Case No.: 2:11-CR-00449-KJM.” Id. ¶¶ 22–23. Plaintiffs allege that Schweder never held title or interest in the subject property, and that they

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