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Nature of Suit Code: 120
Nature of Suit: Marine Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 46:1156 Administrative Procedure Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA 

KANAWAY SEAFOODS, INC. d/b/a 

Alaska General Seafoods, a 

Delaware Corporation, et al., 

Plaintiffs and 

Counter-Defendants, 

v. 

PACIFIC PREDATOR, AK 

REGISTRATION NO. AK3565AN, 

its Engines, Machinery, 

Appurtenances, etc., In Rem, et al., 

Defendants and

Counter-Claimants. 

Case No. 3:22-cv-00027-SLG-KFR 

ORDER RE LIBERTY’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT RE 

LIBERTY LOAN DEFAULT 

Before the Court at Docket 144 is Plaintiff Liberty Packing LLC’s Motion for 

Partial Summary Judgment Re Liberty Loan Default. Defendants responded in 

partial opposition at Docket 167 to which Liberty filed a reply at Docket 173. The 

motion was referred to the Honorable Magistrate Judge Kyle F. Reardon. At 

Docket 176, Judge Reardon issued his Report and Recommendation, in which he

recommended that the motion be granted. Defendants filed objections to the 

Report and Recommendation at Docket 178 to which Plaintiff Liberty filed a reply 

at Docket 180. 

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The matter is now before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). That 

statute provides that a district court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in 

part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.”1 A court is 

to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the magistrate judge’s report 

or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.”2 

However, § 636(b)(1) does not “require district court review of a magistrate’s 

factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither 

party objects to those findings.”3

The Magistrate Judge recommended that the Court grant Liberty Packing 

LLC’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Re Liberty Loan Default. In their 

objections, Defendants argue that the Court should not adopt the Magistrate 

Judge’s recommendation that the principal balance on the loan as of the date of 

default is $746,666.67. They assert that the amount due on the loan may actually 

be higher, because they allege that Plaintiff AGS improperly paid Liberty too much 

toward the loan in 2019, and the Court previously found that there is a genuine 

issue of material fact on whether AGI did in fact overpay toward the loan in 2019.4 

But on de novo review, the Court rejects this objection. Whether AGS overpaid on 

1 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

2 Id.

3 Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985); see also United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 

1121 (9th Cir. 2003).

4 Docket 178 at 3 (citing Docket 115 at 12). 

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the loan in 2019, the parties agree that the principal amount due on the note as of 

the date of default was $746,666.67.5 That Defendants may pursue their claims 

against AGS related to the alleged overpayment is a distinct issue from the balance 

due Liberty on the note. Therefore, this objection is overruled. 

The Court has reviewed the balance of the Report and Recommendation 

and agrees with its analysis. Accordingly, the Court adopts the Report and 

Recommendation in its entirety, and IT IS ORDERED that Liberty Packing LLC’s 

Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Re Liberty Loan Default at Docket 144 is 

GRANTED. 

DATED this 22nd day of August 2024, at Anchorage, Alaska. 

/s/ Sharon L. Gleason 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

5 See Docket 145 at 4; Docket 146-1 at 5. 

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