Diversified Marine Tech, Inc. v. Tug Victor J. Altman et al

Filing 82

ORDER lifting the stay on the warrant for arrest in rem of the Tug MARY L. See order for further details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun III on 1/14/2009. (SLB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION DIVERSIFIED MARINE TECH, INC., Plaintiff, v. TUG VICTOR J. ALTMAN Official No. 297886 in rem and ALLIED MARITIME INVESTMENTS, CORP., in personam, Defendants. / ORDER THIS MATTER is before the court on Claimant/Owner's Notice of Compliance with Order Dated December 5, 2008 and/or Motion to Lift Stay on Warrant of Arrest (Doc. 74). By its pleading, Allied Maritime Investments Corp. ("Allied") seeks an Order lifting the stay of the warrant for arrest in rem of the Tug MARY L, which was issued on December 4, 2008. Plaintiff opposes the relief sought (Doc. 75). A hearing on this and other matters was conducted on January 13 2009. For the reasons stated more thoroughly at the hearing, the stay on the warrant of arrest is lifted. Upon arrest of the vessel, the Tug MARY L shall be maintained in Tampa. Done and Ordered in Tampa, Florida, this 14th day of January 2009 Case No. 8:08-cv-1393-T-TBM

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