UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

WESTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA      	:
                              				:	Case No. 5:05-CV-767-FL(3)
           Plaintiff,         				:	
                              				:	CLAIMANT’S MOTION TO FILE
       v.                     				:	UNDER SEAL 
                              				:	CLAIMANTS’ INCOME TAX RETURNS
$19, 985.90 in U.S. Currency, etc.		:	FOR 1999, 2000 AND 2001
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	Defendant.				:	
                                                                        : 
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA		:	Case No. 5:06-CR-41-1-FL(2)
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	v.					:
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AVEDIS DJEREDJIAN			:
____________________________________:						

	Claimants, through undersigned counsel move this Honorable Court for leave to file claimants’ income tax returns for 1999, 2000 and 2001 under seal.  As grounds for this motion Claimants state the following:
	1.  At the evidentiary hearing on January 16, this Court asked to see Claimants’ tax returns for 1999 through 2001.
	2.  Pursuant to Local Rule 10.3(1)(a) and the E-Government Act of 2002, documents containing social security numbers must be redacted, or the documents must be filed under seal.  Because Claimants income tax returns also contain other private information that they would not like divulged to the general public, they prefer to file them under seal.
	WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons this motion should be granted.

				                                   	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