Filing 4

ORDER granting 3 --motion for order for deposit, appraisal, and monition and injunction; directing petitioner to deposit $1,500 with the Clerk no later than 4/5/2010; directing the Clerk to ISSUE NOTICE regarding service of claims or op position due by 5/26/2010; directing the petitioner to publish the Clerk's notice beginning 4/5/2010; directing the petitioner to mail the notice to known claimants by 4/12/2010; restraining any other proceeding against the vessel or petitioner arising from the 5/9/09 incident and staying any ongoing proceeding pending resolution fo this proceeding; directing the petitioner to serve this order on any existing or prospective claimaint. Signed by Judge Steven D. Merryday on 3/29/2010. (BK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION IN ADMIRALTY IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE MEYER CASE NO.: 8:10-cv-511-T-23TBM Petitioner. __________________________________/ ORDER The petitioner moves (Doc. 3) for "order for deposit, appraisal, and monition and for injunction" in accord with Supplemental Rule F, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 30511, the petitioner seeks exoneration from or limitation of liability for any claim arising from a May 9, 2009, explosion that occurred aboard the petitioner's vessel. The petitioner asserts that the vessel "at the conclusion of the voyage . . . was a constructive total loss valued at no more than [o]ne [t]housand [f]ive [h]undred dollars . . . ." (Doc. 2) The petitioner's motion (Doc. 3) is GRANTED. The petitioner is directed to deposit as security $1,500.00 with the Clerk no later than April 5, 2010. Any claimant may move, under Supplemental Rule F(7), for an increase in the amount of security. Pursuant to Supplemental Rule F(4), the Clerk is directed to issue a notice directing all persons asserting a claim arising from the May 9, 2009, explosion (for which the petitioner seeks limitation of liability) and all persons opposing the petitioner's right to limitation of liability to file and serve the claim or opposition with the Clerk on or before May 26, 2010. The petitioner shall publish the notice issued by the Clerk in the Tampa

Tribune and the St. Peterburg Times once each week for four consecutive weeks beginning on or before April 5, 2010. Further, pursuant to Supplemental Rule F(4), on or before April 12, 2010, the petitioner shall mail the notice issued by the Clerk to any person known to have made a claim against the petitioner or the vessel stemming from the incident for which the petitioner seeks limitation of liability. Any other proceeding against the petitioner or the vessel and stemming from the May 9, 2009, incident is RESTRAINED, and any ongoing proceeding is STAYED pending resolution of this proceeding. The petitioner shall serve this order on any existing or prospective claimant. ORDERED in Tampa, Florida, on March 29, 2010.

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