G.O. America Shipping Company, Inc. v. China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited et al
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ORDER denying Special Claimant's 55 Motion for Reconsideration signed by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (PM)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE
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Case No. C17-0912 RSM
G.O. AMERICA SHIPPING COMPANY,
INC., a corporation registered in the Republic
of the Marshall Islands,
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Plaintiff,
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ORDER DENYING SPECIAL
CLAIMANT’S MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION
v.
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CHINA COSCO SHIPPING
CORPORATION LIMITED, a company
registered in the People Republic of China;
COSCO SHIPPING LINES CO, Ltd. a
subsidiary of CHINA COSCO SHIPPING
CORPORATION LIMITED; CHINA
SHIPPING INDUSTRY, (Shanghai
Changxing) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of CHINA
COSCO SHIPPING CORPORATION
LIMITED; and COSCO SHIPPING HEAVY
INDUSTRY CO., subsidiaries of CHINA
COSCO SHIPPING CORPORATION
LIMITED,
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Defendants.
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THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Specially-Appearing Claimant COSCO
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Atlantic Shipping Ltd.’s (hereinafter “COSCO Atlantic”) Motion for Reconsideration. Dkt. #55.
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Although it was successful on its prior Motion to Vacate Rule B Attachment, it now asks the
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Court to amend its Order granting that motion to include a legal standard that the Court did not
discuss. Id.
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“Motions for reconsideration are disfavored.” LCR 7(h). “The court will ordinarily deny
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such motions in the absence of a showing of manifest error in the prior ruling or a showing of
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new facts or legal authority which could not have been brought to its attention earlier with
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reasonable diligence.” LCR 7(h)(1). In this case, the Court is not persuaded that it is necessary
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to amend its Order. Special Claimant complains that the Court did not state the complete standard
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required to prevail on a Rule E(4)(f) hearing. Specifically, Special Claimant notes that the Court
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should have set forth a probable cause standard, particularly because Plaintiff conceded that was
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the correct standard. Special Claimant misconstrues the Court’s Order. The Court’s written
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Order was meant to supplement the oral ruling provided on the record on July 10, 2017. See Dkt.
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#47. During that hearing, the Court noted, and Plaintiff conceded, that Plaintiff had the burden
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of showing probable cause for the vessel arrest. While the Court did not discuss that standard
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again in the written Order, it does not mean that the Court disposed of or denied that burden in
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any way. Rather, the Court focused on a different reason to grant the motion. Accordingly, the
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Court finds it unnecessary to amend its written Order. Accordingly, Special Claimant’s Motion
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for Reconsideration (Dkt. #55) is DENIED.
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DATED this 3rd day of August 2017.
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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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