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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 12:1819 Default of Promissory Note

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07cv767

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL

SERVICES CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHARTER CONNECTION

CORPORATION, in Personam, et al.,

Defendants __________________________________

AND RELATED CROSS-CLAIM AND

COMPLAINT IN INTERVENTION 

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Civil No. 07cv767-L(NLS)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR

ORDER SHORTENING TIME

In this admiralty case to foreclose on a preferred ship mortgage, Plaintiff Caterpillar

Financial Services Corporation’s (“Caterpillar”) filed an ex parte application for order

shortening time to hear its motion for default judgment in rem against Defendant vessel Belle

Amie and in personam against Defendant Charter Connection Corporation (“Charter”), the

vessel’s owner, for award of custodia legis expenses, and for sale of the vessel. Plaintiff-inIntervention A.K. Suda, Inc. (“Suda”) opposes the ex parte application. 

In these proceedings to date, Caterpillar has not exhibited the urgency to sell Belle Amie

one would expect from a party who is genuinely concerned with saving the daily costs for the

vessel’s upkeep. For example, an entry of default in this case was made on July 7, 2007, but

Caterpillar did not file a motion for default judgment until more than three months later, on

October 23, 2007. Other examples could be cited. Although the court granted Caterpillar’s

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request to shorten time on its October 23 motion, it is not inclined to do it again. Accordingly,

Caterpillar’s ex parte application to shorten time is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 10, 2008

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

COPY TO: 

HON. NITA L. STORMES

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ALL PARTIES/COUNSEL

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