UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 			:
							
			Plaintiff,			:

v.							:
							
ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN		:	Civ. No. 98-2279
REAL PROPERTY, APPURTENANCES,			Judge Carter
AND IMPROVEMENTS KNOWN AS 		:
479 TAMARIND DRIVE, HALLANDALE,		STIPULATION
FLORIDA, LISTED AS LOT 30 IN			:	EXTENDING CLAIMANT’S 
BLOCK 7 OF GOLDEN ISLES SECTION			DEADLINE FOR FILING AN 
“B”, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK		:	ANSWER TO THE FORFEITURE 
45, PAGE 30 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS 		COMPLAINT FOR 30 DAYS
OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA,		:	
								
			Defendant-in-rem		:	
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	Brenda Grantland, attorney of record for claimant MGRA, Ltd., and Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Stein, hereby stipulate as follows:
	WHEREAS counsel of record for MGRA, Ltd. has faxed a draft answer to claimant for review and editing, but has not received back the changes;
	WHEREAS the answer is currently due on Monday, November 9; and
	WHEREAS counsel for MGRA, Ltd. is today filing a motion to withdraw as counsel, for the reasons set forth therein;
	NOW THEREFORE IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED AS FOLLOWS: that claimant MGRA, Ltd. shall have an extension of 30 days, to and including December 9, in which to file its answer.

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BRENDA GRANTLAND					AUSA GARY STEIN
Pro Hac Vice							U.S. Attorney’s Office, S.D. N.Y.
104 Caledonia Street						One St. Andrews Plaza	Sausalito, CA 94965						New York, NY 10007
(415) 380-9108						(212) 637-1065

SO ORDERED:
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								THE HONORABLE
								ROBERT L. CARTER

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
	I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was served upon AUSA Gary Stein, One St. Andrew’s Plaza, New York, NY 10007, by priority mail, this ___________________ day of _________________, 1998.

							                                         
							BRENDA GRANTLAND