UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

WESTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA      	:
                              				:	Case No. 5:05-CV-767-FL(3)
           Plaintiff,         				:	
                              				:	
       v.                     				:	CLAIMANTS’ MOTION FOR TRANSFER                                				:	OF VENUE OF THIS CIVIL 
$19, 985.90 in U.S. Currency, etc.		:	FORFEITURE CASE TO THE CENTRAL
						:	DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA AND FOR 
	Defendant.				:	THE TRANSFER OF THE PENDING
                                                                        : 	MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
						:	OF THE DENIAL OF CLAIMANTS’
AVEDIS DJEREDJIAN,			:	MOTION FOR RELEASE OF ASSETS
CARMEN BADRIAN,			:	TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
ASHKHEN DJEREDJIAN, AND		:	OF CALIFORNIA 
STAR TOBACCO, INC.,			:	
						:
	Claimants.				:
____________________________________:						

	Claimants, Avedis Djeredjian, Carmen Badrian, Ashkhen Djeredjian, and Star Tobacco, Inc., through undersigned counsel, move, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1355, 1395, 1404 and 1412, for the transfer of venue of the civil forfeiture case to the Central District of California.  
	They further request that their pending motions for reconsideration of the Magistrate Judge’s order denying the release of seized assets to pay defense attorneys fees be transferred to the Central District of California.
	This motion is based on the defendant Avedis Djeredjian’s motion for change of venue in the criminal case 5:06-CR-41-1-FL(2) (Doc. 10);  his renewed motion to change venue in the criminal case (Doc. 70);  this Court’s order granting change of venue, Document 101-1, entered 4-9-2007; and the attached Memorandum of Points and Authorities.

				                                   	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 motion was served, by mail, upon Assistant United States Attorney Joshua Royster, 310 New Bern Avenue, Suite 800, Raleigh, NC 27601-1461, this 10^th day of April, 2007.
							__/s/ Joseph Zeszotarski, Esq. ___
							Joseph Zeszotarski, Esq.