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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE 
DISTRICT OF VERMONT 
BY 
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NONJUDICIAL CIVIL FORFEITURE 
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Misc. No.: d: a1, .. me, .. '21 
ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO FILE FORFEITURE COMPLAINT 
AND/OR TO OBTAIN INDICTMENT ALLEGING FORFEITURE 
The United States having applied to the Court, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A), for 
an order extending, to and through July 23, 2026, the time in which the United States may file a 
complaint for forfeiture and/or obtain an indictment alleging forfeiture with respect to certain 
property against which the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") initiated nonjudicial civil 
forfeiture proceedings and to which Mark Billy Brown asserts an interest, to wit, the following 
property ( collectively, the "Subject Property"): 
a) $5,845.00, more or less, in U.S. currency, 
and the United States having represented to the Court as follows: 
1. In accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(l)(A), the DEA provided written notice of its 
intent to forfeit the Subject Property to all known interested parties; 
2. On or about February 23, 2026, the DEA received from Mark Billy Brown a corrected 
claim form that identifies Mark Billy Brown as a claimant asserting an interest in the 
Subject Property; 
3. No other person has filed a claim to the Subject Property or asserted any interest therein 
and, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(2), the time for doing so has expired; 
4. Mark Billy Brown, through counsel, does not stipulate to the relief requested by the 
United States, to wit, an order extending, to and through July 23, 2026, the time in 
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which the United States may file a complaint for forfeiture against the Subject Property 
and/or obtain an indictment alleging that the Subject Property is subject to forfeiture; 
and 
5. The United States seeks this first extension of time to allow the United States to further 
assess the Subject Property and Mark Billy Brown's claim thereto and the newly 
assigned prosecutor to adequately review and familiarize herself with the materials 
related to the Subject Property and the underlying criminal matter; and 
The Court being expressly authorized, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A), to extend, for 
good cause shown, the time in which the United States may file a complaint for forfeiture against 
the Subject Property and/or obtain an indictment alleging that the Subject Property is subject to 
forfeiture; 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 983(a)(3)(A), that the date by which 
the United States may file a complaint for forfeiture against the Subject Property and/or obtain an 
indictment alleging that the Subject Property is subject to forfeiture is extended to and through 
July 23, 2026. 
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, in the District of Vermont, this ll" day of May, 2026. 
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