UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA



WESTERN DIVISION







UNITED STATES OF AMERICA :

: Case No. 5:05-CV-767-FL(3)

Plaintiff, :

: CLAIMANTS' MOTION FOR

v. : RECONSIDERATION OF THE

: MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S ORDER

$19, 985.90 in U.S. Currency, etc. : DENYING THE RELEASE

: OF ASSETS TO PAY

Defendant. : ATTORNEY'S FEES

:

:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Case No. 5:06-CR-41-1-FL(2)

:

v. :

:

AVEDIS DJEREDJIAN :

____________________________________:



Claimants, Avedis Djeredjian, Carmen Badrian, and Ashkhen Djeredjian, through undersigned counsel, move - pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and Local Rule 72.4(a) - for reconsideration of Magistrate Judge William A. Webb's Order denying the release of seized assets to pay attorneys fees. Doc. # 107, filed 02/20/2007.

This motion is based on the attached Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the previously filed memoranda and exhibits on this issue (Docket Nos. 56, 57, 70, 72, 86 and 99), orders (Docket Nos. 73, 76, 107), and the documentary evidence and testimony submitted at the January 16, 2007 evidentiary hearing.

Respectfully submitted,





BRENDA GRANTLAND, ESQ.

Attorney for Claimants

California State Bar No. 165899

20 Sunnyside Suite A-204

Mill Valley, CA 94941

415-380-9108

Fax 415-381-6105

W. Michael Mayock

Attorney for Avedis Djeredjian

California State Bar No. 54074

35 South Raymond Ave., Suite 400

Pasadena, CA 91105

(626) 405-1465

(626) 405-0158

mayocklaw@sbcglobal.net





__/s/ Joseph Zeszotarski, Esq. ___

Joseph Zeszotarski, Esq.

Local counsel

Poyner & Spruill

P.O. Box 10096

Raleigh, NC 27605

919-783-1005

fax 919-783-1075

State Bar No. 21310

LR 83.1 Counsel



CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing reply was served, by mail, upon Assistant United States Attorney Joshua Royster, 310 New Bern Avenue, Suite 800, Raleigh, NC 27601-1461, this 6th day of March, 2006.

__/s/ Joseph Zeszotarski, Esq. ___

Joseph Zeszotarski, Esq.