govinfo:USCOURTS-caed-2_11-cr-00427-41

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John Balazs, Bar No. 157287 
Attorney At Law 
916 2
nd Street, Suite F 
Sacramento, CA 95814 
Telephone: (916) 447-9299 
Facsimile: (916) 557-1118 
 
Attorney for defendant 
VITALIY TUZMAN 
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
VITALIY TUZMAN, 
Defendant. 
No. 2:11-CR-0427-LKK 
No. 2:12-CR-0003-LKK 
 
 
ORDER FOR RELEASE OF PASSPORT 
AND EXONERATION OF BOND 
Defendant VITALIY TUZMAN, through counsel John Balazs, 
hereby applies for an order for return of his passport and 
exoneration of bond. 
In case nos. 2:11-CR-0427-LKK and 2:12-CR-0003, Mr. Tuzman 
was released on a $75,000 unsecured bond with a condition that he 
surrender his passport. 
On July 23, 2014, the Court granted the government’s motion 
to dismiss all charges against Mr. Tuzman in case no. 2:11-CR-
0427-LKK. On August 22, 2014, the jury returned a not guilty 
verdict on all charges against Mr. Tuzman in case no. 2:12-CR-
0003-LKK. 
As a result, Mr. Tuzman now moves for an order exonerating 

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his bond and for release of his passport. 
 
Dated: August 26, 2014 /s/ John Balazs 
 JOHN BALAZS 
 
 Counsel for defendant 
 VITALIY TUZMAN 

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ORDER 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant Vitaliy Tuzman’s bond is 
exonerated in case nos. 2:11-CR-0427-LKK and 2:12-CR-0003-LKK and 
that the district court clerk’s office return Mr. Tuzman’s 
passport to him, his attorney, John Balazs, or his attorney’s 
representative. 
 
 
 
Dated: August 27, 2014 
 

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