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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 46:30505-30510 Exoneration, Limitation of Liability

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In the Matter of the Complaint of ALLEN 

DALE BROWN, CHRISTINE BROWN, 

RANDAL ALTON RAUSH, and

ALETHEA COURET RAUSH, as owners 

of the Motor Vessel, an approximately 22-

Foot Seaswirl, Model Bowrider, built in 

2002, with a model year 2003, Vessel Hull 

Identification Number GSSYA006H203, 

California Department of Motor Vehicle’s 

Vessel Certificate Number CF5192PY, 

and her engines, tenders, tackle, 

equipment, appurtenances, etc., for 

Exoneration from or Limitation of 

Liability.

Case No.: 19-CV-1739-CAB-KSC

ORDER RE EX PARTE 

APPLICATIONS

[Doc. Nos. 2, 3]

Upon consideration of Plaintiffs in Limitation’s application for approval and 

stipulation of value and costs and letter of undertaking [Doc. No. 2], and application for 

entry of injunction and monition [Doc. No. 3], the record as a whole, and a hearing at which 

counsel for Plaintiffs in Limitation appeared, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:

1. The Application for Approval of Stipulation of Value and Costs and Letter of 

Undertaking [Doc. No. 2] is GRANTED insofar as it seeks an order that the letter 

of undertaking from Geico attached to the application satisfies the requirements 

of Supplemental Admiralty Rule F(1)(a), and DENIED insofar as it seeks an 

order approving $31,000.00 as being the value of the SEASWIRL or an order 

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limiting a cost award against Plaintiffs in Limitation to $500.00. This ruling is 

without prejudice to the due appraisal of Plaintiffs in Limitations’ interest in the 

SEASWIRL and any claimant’s demand the deposit or security be increased in 

accordance with Supplemental Admiralty Rule F(7); 

2. The Clerk of Court shall accept from Plaintiffs in Limitation the undertaking from 

Geico attached to the application [Doc. No. 2 at 6-7] along with a deposit of 

$500.00 as security for costs under Civil Local Rule F.1; 

3. The Application for Entry of Injunction and Monition [Doc. No. 3] is 

GRANTED;

4. Pursuant to Supplemental Admiralty Rule F(3), all claims and proceedings 

against the Plaintiffs in Limitation or the SEASWIRL with respect to the July 7, 

2018, incident described in the Complaint shall cease;

5. Pursuant to Supplemental Admiralty Rule F(4), Plaintiffs in Limitation are 

ORDERED to: (1) publish the notice attached hereto as Exhibit 1 once a week 

for four successive weeks beginning on January 6, 2020, in The San Diego 

Union-Tribune; and (2) no later than January 6, 2020, serve this notice on any 

persons or entities believed by Plaintiffs in Limitation to have a potential claim 

arising out of the July 7, 2018 incident described in the complaint, including, 

without limitation, (i) Seaforth Boat Rental, (ii) the Port of San Diego, (iii) the 

City of San Diego, (iv) the City of Coronado, and (v) the County of San Diego; 

and,

6. A status hearing is set for February 21, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

It is SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 13, 2019

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