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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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[PROPOSED] ORDER DIRECTING ISSUANCE OF NOTICE AND PUBLICATION 

THEREOF, AND RESTRAINING ORDER 1 

Case No. ; Our File No. 8002.63 

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G. GEOFFREY ROBB (131515) 

grobb@gibsonrobb.com 

MARKER E. LOVELL, JR. (208659) 

mlovell@gibsonrobb.com 

CHELSEA D. YUAN (240559) 

cyuan@gibsonrobb.com 

GIBSON ROBB & LINDH LLP 

100 First Street, 27th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 348-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 348-6001 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff-in-Limitation 

LONNIE EVERETT OWEN, SR. 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

In the matter of LONNIE EVERETT OWEN, 

SR., an individual, as owner of the 

2009 SKEETER ZX250, for exoneration 

from or limitation of liability 

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Case No. CV 10 0973 SBA 

[ORDER DIRECTING ISSUANCE OF NOTICE 

AND PUBLICATION THEREOF, AND 

RESTRAINING ORDER 

 WHEREAS, this complaint for exoneration from or limitation of liability 

is being filed simultaneously with this [proposed] order by Plaintiff-inLimitation LONNIE EVERETT OWEN, SR., (“Plaintiff-in-Limitation) as owner of 

the 2009 SKEETER ZX250 (“the VESSEL”), wherein Plaintiff-in-Limitation seeks 

exoneration from or limitation of liability for any and all losses, injuries, 

and/or damages occasioned as a result of the collision between the VESSEL and 

a 2001 Larson 210LXI potentially resulting in injuries to passengers on said 

vessel on August 1, 2009, on the Old River in Contra Costa County, 

California; and 

 WHEREAS, the complaint having stated the facts and circumstances upon 

which said exoneration or limitation is claimed; and 

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 WHEREAS, it appearing that the claims that may be made against 

Plaintiff-in-Limitation may be in amounts which will exceed the value of 

Plaintiff-in-Limitation’s interest in the VESSEL for losses, injuries, and/or 

damages said to have been occasioned or incurred in consequence of the 

aforesaid voyage; and 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff-in-Limitation’s surety has given security for 

damages in costs herein; 

 AND NOW THEREFORE, on application of Gibson Robb & Lindh LLP, counsel 

for Plaintiff-in-Limitation, it is hereby: 

 ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court issue a notice forthwith, in the 

form submitted with this Order, to all persons or entities asserting claims 

with respect to which the complaint seeks exoneration or limitation, 

admonishing them to file their respective claims with the Clerk of the Court 

and serve attorneys for Plaintiff-in-Limitation with a copy thereof within 30 

days of the issuance of the notice; 

 AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that public notice shall be given by 

publication thereof in the legal newspaper known as “The Recorder,” and that 

such notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks prior 

to the date affixed herein for filing of claims; 

 AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that not later than the date of the second 

publication of said notice, Plaintiff-in-Limitation shall mail a copy of said 

notice to every person or concern, if any, known to have made any claim 

against Plaintiff-in-Limitation as a result of the incident involving the 

VESSEL on or about August 1, 2009; 

 AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the continued prosecution of any and all 

suits, actions or proceedings which may already have begun against Plaintiffin-Limitation in any court whatsoever to recover damages arising out of, or 

occasioned by, or consequent upon the aforesaid voyage or trip on which the 

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VESSEL collided with the 2001 Larson 210LXI on August 1, 2009, during which 

six people may have been injured, and institution or prosecution of any 

suits, actions or legal proceedings of any nature description whatsoever in 

any court wheresoever, except in this proceeding for exoneration from or 

limitation of liability, against Plaintiff-in-Limitation, in respect of any 

claim or claims arising out of the aforesaid voyager trip on which the VESSEL 

was then engaged, or otherwise subject to limitation proceeding, be and the 

same are hereby are stayed and restrained; 

 AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certified copy of this order as a 

restraining order shall be served by certified mail, return receipt 

requested, on the person or persons, or entity or entities, to be restrained, 

or to their respective attorneys or representatives; 

 AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the publication and mailing of copies of 

the Notice to Claimants, required by Rule F(4), Supplemental Rules for 

Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

shall constitute due notice to all persons asserting claims with respect to 

which said complaint seeks limitation or exoneration. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 5/12/10 _________________________________ 

 U.S. District Court Judge 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 Northern District of California 

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