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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1333 Admiralty

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EX PARTE ORDER (1) AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF WARRANT OF ARREST OF VESSEL; (2) DIRECTING 

MANNER OF NOTICE OF SUIT; AND (3) APPOINTING SUBSTITUTE CUSTODIAN

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Kaye, Rose & Partners LLP

KAYE, ROSE & PARTNERS, LLP

Bradley M. Rose, Esq. (126281)

Frank C. Brucculeri, Esq. (137199)

Daniel F. Berberich, Esq. (215946)

Ron K. Losch, Esq. (98170)

1801 Century Park East, Suite 1500

Los Angeles, California 90067

Telephone: (310) 551-6555

Facsimile: (310) 277-1220

brose@kayerose.com

fbrucculeri@kayerose.com

dberberich@kayerose.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

KTB OIL CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KTB OIL CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

M/V CIELO DI TOKYO,

Defendant.

Case No.: 12-cv-1834-MCE-KJN

IN ADMIRALTY

EX PARTE ORDER 

(1) AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF 

WARRANT OF ARREST OF 

VESSEL; (2) DIRECTING MANNER 

OF NOTICE OF SUIT; AND (3) 

APPOINTING SUBSTITUTE 

CUSTODIAN

Upon reading the Verified Complaint of KTB OIL CORPORATION, 

herein for issuance of a warrant for arrest of the vessel M/V CIELO DI TOKYO, 

the Request for Review In Accordance With Rule C of the Supplemental Rules 

for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture, Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure and Local Admiralty (“Supplemental Admiralty Rules”), and the court 

finding that the conditions for the action in rem under Supplemental Admiralty 

Rule C appear to exist:

NOW, THEREFORE, it is this 12th day of July 2012:

ORDERED that the clerk is authorized to issue an Order and Warrant For 

Arrest In Rem as prayed for in the Verified Complaint; and it is further 

ORDERED that any person claiming any interest in the property arrested

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pursuant to said Order shall, upon application to the Court, be entitled to prompt 

hearing pursuant to Rule E(4)(f) of the Supplemental Admiralty Rules upon 

written notice to plaintiff, by and through their attorneys of record, at which time 

plaintiff shall be required to show why the arrest should not be vacated or other 

relief granted; and it is further

ORDERED that if the property arrested is not released within fourteen 

(14) days after execution of process, the plaintiff shall promptly cause public 

notice of the action and arrest to be given by publishing the Notice of Action In 

Rem and Arrest attached hereto and found on the court’s docket as Document 8-

2, once in the Sacramento Daily Recorder, a newspaper of general circulation in 

the district; and it is further 

ORDERED that pursuant to Local Rule 550(a) and (c), National Maritime 

Services, Inc., is appointed as the Substitute Custodian in place of the United 

States Marshal for the period of the pendency of custodia legis of the Vessel; and 

it is further

ORDERED that a copy of this Order be attached to and served with the 

Order and Warrant for Arrest.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 7/12/2012

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

DEAC_Signature-END:

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