United States v. United States Currency in the Amount of Twenty-Four Thousand One Hundred Seventy Dollars ($24,170.00)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GLASSER, District Judge:

The government brings this motion pursuant to Rule C(6) of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Proceedings (the “Supplemental Rules”) and pursuant to Rule 37(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, seeking dismissal of the *19claims and answers filed by claimants Rom-my Amaechi, Okechukwu Ogu Oguledo and Rex Hayford (“claimants” collectively) and seeking forfeiture of the defendant currency. More specifically, the government argues that although the claimants filed timely claims under Rule C(6), their subsequent dilatory…