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LANE POWELL PC

1420 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 4100 

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-2338 

206.223.7000 FAX: 206.223.7107 

[PROPOSED] ORDER - 1 

Case No. C06-0105 MJP 

 THE HONORABLE MARSHAL J. PECHMAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 

AT SEATTLE 

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, a federal 

association, 

 Plaintiff, 

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M/V WILDERNESS EXPLORER, Coast 

Guard Official No. 520611, IN REM, 

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No. C06-0105 MJP 

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, a federal 

association, 

 Plaintiff, 

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M/V WILDERNESS ADVENTURER, Coast 

Guard Official No. 664136, IN REM, 

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No. C06-0106 MJP 

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, a federal 

association, 

 Plaintiff, 

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M/V WILDERNESS DISCOVERER, Coast 

Guard Official No. 952722, IN REM, 

 Defendant. 

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No. C06-107 MJP 

CONSOLIDATED ACTIONS 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

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LANE POWELL PC

1420 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 4100 

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-2338 

206.223.7000 FAX: 206.223.7107 

[PROPOSED] ORDER - 2 

Case No. C06-0105 MJP 

 THIS DAY THIS CAUSE came on to be heard upon the Stipulated Motion of Plaintiff 

Washington Mutual Bank, a federal association, and Claimants Harbor Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a 

Petro Marine Services and Shoreside Petroleum, Inc. seeking to consolidate the actions 

pending in C06-105MJP, C06-106MJP, and C06-107MJP pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a) 

and this Court, upon consideration thereof, finds that a consolidation of these actions would 

promote judicial economy and convenience because the three actions all arise under the 

Admiralty Jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1333(1) and Rule 9(h) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, share a common plaintiff, and require consideration of 

common questions of law and fact arising out of an interpretation of federal maritime lien 

priorities pursuant to Title 46 U.S.C. §§ 31301 through § 31343, inclusive. This Court further 

finds that the defendant Vessels are sisterships, owned by a common owner, are secured by a 

common single promissory note and that consolidation will not prejudice the in rem

defendants. 

 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Cause Nos. C06-105MJP, 

C06-106MJP, and C06-107MJP are hereby consolidated through trial under the single cause 

number C06-105MJP and that the United States District Clerk is directed to amend the 

docket accordingly. 

 SO ORDERED this the __21st day of February, 2006. 

/s Marsha J. Pechman

United States District Court Judge 

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1420 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 4100 

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-2338 

206.223.7000 FAX: 206.223.7107 

[PROPOSED] ORDER - 3 

Case No. C06-0105 MJP 

Presented by: 

LANE POWELL PC

By 

Katie Smith Matison, WSBA No. 20737 

Charles R. Ekberg, WSBA No. 00342 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Washington Mutual Bank, a federal 

association 

HELSELL FETTERMAN LLP 

By 

 Scott Collins, WSBA #18399 

Attorneys for Claimants 

Harbor Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Petro Marine 

Services and Shoreside Petroleum, Inc. 

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