SEA HUNTERS LP v. UNIDENTIFIED WRECKED AND ABANDONED VESSEL

Filing 350

ORDER ON CLAIM TO SALVAGED PROPERTY By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (lrc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
SEA HUNTERS, LP,
Plaintiff,
v.
S.S. PORT NICHOLSON,

Defendant.

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ORDER ON CLAIM TO SALVAGED PROPERTY

Before the Court is the Claim to Salvaged Property (ECF No. 349) by Secretary of State,
Department of Transport for the United Kingdom (“UK DfT”).
Having reviewed the Claim and the docket in its entirety, the Court concludes that the UK
DfT is the only proper claimant of the property currently within the actual in rem jurisdiction of
this Court as a result of the proceedings in this case. Therefore, the Court finds UK DfT is the
rightful owner entitled to possess this property.
The United States Marshals Service is hereby ORDERED to turn over all of the property
currently in its custody as a result of this Court’s April 1, 2015 Order to Attorney Michael Kaplan,
counsel for UK DfT, at a time mutually convenient to the Marshal and Mr. Kaplan.
Having dismissed all claims brought in this case and determined the disposal of the only
salvaged property presented to the Court, the Clerk is now directed to enter final judgment.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ George Z. Singal
United States District Judge
Dated this 14th day of May, 2015.