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Parties Involved:
Bank of the West
Plaintiff
M/V Perfect Game
Defendant
Peter W. Rice
Defendant

Document Text:

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James T. Reed, Jr. 

Hood & Reed 

18141 Beach Boulevard, Suite 390 

Huntington Beach, California 92648 

(714) 842-6837 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

BANK OF THE WEST 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BANK OF THE WEST, a California 

Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

M/V PERFECT GAME Official Number 

1116851 and Her Engines, Tackle, Furniture 

and Apparel, in rem, and PETER W. RICE, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No.: 07-CV-2687 MCE DAD 

Assigned to United States Magistrate Judge 

Dale A. Drozd 

Courtroom No. 27 

ORDER AUTHORIZING ARREST OF 

VESSEL PURSUANT TO ADMIRALTY 

RULE C AND AUTHORIZING PROMPT 

POST SEIZURE HEARING ON REQUEST 

OF PARTY IN INTEREST 

L.R. A-512 

The Court having reviewed the verified Complaint by Bank of the West herein, as well as 

the sworn statement of April Curtis, an officer of Plaintiff, and Plaintiff’s application finds that 

the conditions for an action in rem appear to exist. Accordingly, 

 IT IS ORDERED that a warrant for the arrest of the M/V Perfect Game, Official Number 

1116851 is hereby authorized; and 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the United States District Court shall 

prepare a warrant for the arrest of the vessel, and shall deliver it with a copy of this order to the 

United States Marshal for the Eastern District of California for service; and that upon arrest of 

the vessel, notice of arrest be given and published in the Sacramento Bee, a newspaper of general 

circulation in this District, by plaintiff. 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any person claiming an interest in the vessel M/V 

Perfect Game shall be entitled to a prompt hearing on request, at which hearing the Plaintiff shall 

be required to show why the arrest should not be vacated or other relief granted consistent with 

the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims. 

Dated: March 10, 2008. 

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