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I    LINDA L. DAUBE (SBN 115782)

     A Professional Corporation

     CITY ATTORNEY, CITY OF PITTSBURG

     CAROL R. VICTOR (SBN 161728)

3    Assistant City Attorney, City of Pittsburg lnlll

     LAW OFFICES OF LINDA L. DAUBE

4    Law Office of Linda L. Daube 1

     454 West Napa, Suite 200 K

5    Sonoma, CA 94576

     Phone: 707-996-9530

6    Fax: 707-999-9510

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8    Attorneys for Petitioner,

     CITY OF PITTSBURG

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10                   IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

II                   COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, MARTINEZ

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13   CITY OF PITTSBURG,                  CASE NO  NO 2 - O O 6 8

14                 Petitioner,           NOTICE OF PETITION AND PETITION .

                                         SEEKING JUDICIAL

1.5       v.                             DETERMINATION RE RETURN OF

                                         FIREARM OR DEADLY WEAPON; AND

     JAMES SMITH, SR.                    DECLARATION OF CITY OF

J 6                Respondent.           PITTSBURG POLICE OFFICER JOE

17                                       TERRY IN SUPPORT THEREOF

18                                       (Welfare & Institutions Code § 8102)

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20      TO JAMES SMITH, SR.:

21      YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the City of Pittsburg through its Police Department

22 ("Petitioner") has filed a petition in this Court seeking a hearing on whether the return of    certain

23 firearms and ammunition to you would be likely to result in a danger to you or others. A

24 complete copy of the Petition is accompanying this notice.

25 You have the right to request a hearing before a Superior Court judge on whether or not

26 your firearms and ammunition shall remain confiscated. If you wish a hearing to be held, you .

27 must request the court clerk to set a hearing withinJ.Q days from the date of this notice.       You may

28 contact the Contra Costa County Clerk by mail at P. 0. Box 911, Martinez, CA 94553, Attn.

 

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1 Civil Section; or you may telephone the clerk at (925) 646-2950.

2 Your failure to respond to this notice and request a timely hearing will result in a default

3 order forfeiting the confiscated firearms and ammunition described in the Petition. If you   request .

4 a hearing, the court clerk will notify you of the time, date and place for the hearing.

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6 DATED: January 16,2002                                  LAW OFFICES OF LINDA L. DAUBE

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8                                               By

9                                                         Assistant City Attorney, City                                                           of Pittsburg

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   A HEARING ON CONFISCATED WEAPONS