People v. $8,600.00 U.S. Currency

LAW AND MOTION CALENDAR JULY 10, 2026

8. PEOPLE v. $8,600.00 U.S. CURRENCY, 26CV0532

Status Conference

This matter is before the court for a status hearing regarding the related criminal

case, People v. Miller (El Dorado Super. Ct., Case No. 25CR1785). Under California state

law, where, as here, forfeiture is contested, a judgment of forfeiture requires as a

precondition that a defendant be convicted in an underlying or related criminal action of

one of the offenses specified in Health and Safety Code section 11470, subdivisions (e)

or (g), which offense occurred within five years before the seizure or the notification of intention to seek forfeiture.

The court’s register of actions indicates the criminal case is set for hearing on

claimant Stuart Miller’s motion to dismiss on July 24, 2026. A trial setting conference is

also set for the same date.

This court, on its own motion and in the interest of judicial economy, continues the

status hearing in the instant case to July 31, 2026.

TENTATIVE RULING # 8: THE COURT, ON ITS OWN MOTION, CONTINUES THE STATUS

HEARING TO 1:30 P.M., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2026, IN DEPARTMENT FOUR.