United States v. Peters

DECISION AND ORDER

WILLIAM M. SKRETNY, Chief Judge.

1. Presently before this Court is Defendant Frank E. Peters’s Motion for Partial Stay of Forfeiture Pending Appeal. (Docket No. 553.) Peters seeks to stay forfeiture of 513 Mesquite Hills, Lot 26, Palm Desert, CA (“Lot 26”), an undeveloped parcel in a development that borders the Bighorn Country Club golf course. The government opposes the motion.

2. To “ensure that the property remains available pending appellate review,” a court may stay an order of forfeiture pending appeal, if there is sufficient cause to do so. Fed.R.Crim.P. 32.2(d). The…