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Text of Proposed Order — USA v. Sheppard (Dkt. 81-1, S.D. Fla.)

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Eric Dean Sheppard's Motion to Bifurcate Forfeiture and Request for Jury Trial is GRANTED under a proposed order bifurcating the trial of the forfeiture counts in the Superseding Indictment from the merits/substantive charges at trial and providing that a jury will try the forfeiture issues under Rule 32.2(b)(5), in Case No. 22-20290-CR-BLOOM/OTAZO-REYES, Southern District of Florida. The signature line is for Beth Bloom, United States District Judge, with the September 2023 date blank, and the page is Document 81-1 in Case 1:22-cr-20290-BB, entered on the FLSD docket 09/15/2023.

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Filed September 15, 2023 in USA v. Sheppard; one of 304 filings from this case.

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Court	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Filed	2023-09-15

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“Text of Proposed Order — USA v. Sheppard (Dkt. 81-1, S.D. Fla.).” U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB, Doc. 81-1, filed 2023-09-15. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-eric-dean-sheppard-flsd-615773/2023-09-15-gov-uscourts-flsd-615773-81-1-doc-81-1/, SHA-256 5db0818846b70b7686c212e1f32f30c9d4d84711be99ef7b037b45079826df75.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FORIDA 
 
CASE No. 22-20290-CR-BLOOM/OTAZO-REYES 
 
UNITES STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
Plaintiff,  
v.  
ERIC DEAN SHEPPARD, 
 
Defendant. 
____________________________________/ 
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO  
BIFURCATE FORFEITURE AND REQUEST FOR JURY TRIAL 
Defendant Eric Dean Sheppard filed a Motion to Bifurcate Forfeiture and Request for Jury 
Trial (the “Motion”) [ECF No ____]. Being fully informed, Defendant’s Motion is hereby 
GRANTED. The trial of the forfeiture counts in the Superseding Indictment are bifurcated from 
the “merits”/ substantive charges at trial. Further, a jury will try the forfeiture issues pursuant to 
Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(5). 
 
 
DONE AND ORDERED in the Southern District of Florida on September ____, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
__________________________________ 
BETH BLOOM 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
cc: 
counsel of record 
 
Case 1:22-cr-20290-BB   Document 81-1   Entered on FLSD Docket 09/15/2023   Page 1 of 1

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