United States v. One Parcel of Real Property Located at Route 2

ORDER GRANTING FORFEITURE

WINGATE, District Judge.

Before this court are the motions of the United States of America to strike the claims of all parties declaring ownership interests in the defendant property and for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 1 The plaintiff in this action is the United States of America (hereinafter the “Government”). In the above-styled and numbered cause, a forfeiture proceeding against real property and a residence utilized by Braxton Townsend and his wife, Lora Townsend, the Government contends by legal fiction that the…