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Nature of Suit Code: 120
Nature of Suit: Marine Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 46:1101 Violation of Maritime Regulations

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ORDER FOR Page -1-

INTERLOCUTORY VESSEL SALE AND AUTHORIZATION TO CREDIT BID Case No. 07-CV-0380-JAH (JMA) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHELTER COVE MARINA, LTD., a California

Limited Partnership,

Plaintiff,

v.

That Certain Sailing Vessel of Approximately 33

Feet, 7 Inches in Length, Known As S/V

FAFFALONIOUS, ex LOLLYGAG, California

D.M.V. Registration No. CF 3517 TF, AND ALL

OF HER ENGINES, TACKLE, ACCESSORIES,

EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS AND

APPURTENANCES, in rem; and SEAN

HEWITT, an individual, in personam; and

LAURA HORIVITZ, an individual, in personam;

and BARON CADENCE, an individual in

personam,

Defendants.

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Case No. 07-CV-0380-JAH (JMA)

IN ADMIRALTY

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

ORDER FOR INTERLOCUTORY

VESSEL SALE AND

AUTHORIZATION TO CREDIT BID

F.R.C.P. Supplemental Admiralty

Rule E(9); 46 U.S.C. Sections 30101-

31343

ORDER DIRECTING VESSEL 

SALE AND AUTHORIZING CREDIT BID

CONSIDERING the Motion of Plaintiff SHELTER COVE MARINA, LTD. for an

Order directing the public auction of the Defendant Vessel in this action, S/V

FAFFALONIOUS, ex LOLLYGAG, California D.M.V. Registration No. CF 3517 TF, and

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all of her engines, tackle, accessories, equipment, furnishing and appurtenances and

authorizing Plaintiff to credit bid at such auction, and having considered all supporting and

opposing papers, and GOOD CAUSE therefor appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, consistent with Supplemental Admiralty Rule

E(9)(B) and Local Admiralty Rule E.1(e)(2), the United States Marshal be and hereby is

directed and empowered to sell said Defendant Vessel, her engines, tackle, accessories,

equipment, furnishings and appurtenances, as is, where is, at public sale at the first available

time and date, after having first caused notice of said sale to be published daily in a

newspaper of general circulation within the City of San Diego, California for at least six days

immediately before the date of sale; and

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that such public notice specify the date, time and

location for the sale of the Defendant Vessel; and

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, consistent with Local Admiralty Rule E.1(e)(2),

such public notice specify that the last and highest bidder at the sale will be required to

deposit with the U.S. Marshal cash, certified check or a cashier’s check in the amount of the

full purchase price not to exceed $500, and otherwise $500 or ten percent (10%) of the bid,

whichever is greater, and that the balance, if any, of the purchase price shall be paid in cash,

certified check or cashier’s check before confirmation of the sale or within three days of

dismissal of any opposition which may have been filed, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and

legal holidays; and 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeds of said sale be deposited by the

United States Marshal in the Registry of this Court, after the deduction of the Marshal’s

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commission in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1921(c)(1), pending further order of this Court;

and

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff, having a secured maritime lien interest

in the Defendant Vessel, and being the only claimant in this action asserting a maritime claim

against her, is authorized pursuant to Local Admiralty Rule C.1(e)(2) to credit bid at the

auction of the DEFENDANT VESSEL, without payment of cash, a sum equal to its secured

interest in the Defendant Vessel, consisting of the lien amount specified in the Verified

Complaint ($10,955.67) plus costs of suit through the date of the sale, including U.S. Marshal

and other custodia legis expenses specified in Plaintiff’s Motion for Interlocutory Vessel Sale

and Authorization to Credit Bid. As Plaintiff’s secured interest in the Defendant Vessel does

not include attorneys’ fees, they are not to be included in any credit bid Plaintiff makes. This

Order preventing Plaintiff from credit bidding its attorneys’ fees to date is not intended to

implicate in any way claims for recovery of attorneys’ fees that Plaintiff has asserted against

the in rem Defendants. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 6, 2007

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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