Aegean Maritime Petroleum S.A. v. Kavo Platanos M/V

Opinion

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4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 AEGEAN MARITIME PETROLEUM S.A., CASE NO. 2:15-cv-00172-JHC 8 Plaintiff, MINUTE ORDER 9 v. 10 KAVO PLATANOS M/V, ET AL., 11 Defendants. 12 13

14 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John H. 15 Chun, United States District Judge: 16 The Court sets a telephonic hearing on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. PST, 17 regarding Defendants’ motion to vacate warrants of arrest and writs of attachment. See Dkt. # 18 111. Pursuant to Supplemental Admiralty Rule (“SAR”) E(4)(f), Plaintiff shall be prepared “to 19 show why the arrest or attachment” at issue “should not be vacated or other relief granted 20 consistent with these rules.”1 Considering the parties have already briefed the issue, see Dkt. ## 21 22

1 Under SAR E(4)(f), Plaintiff must demonstrate “a fair or reasonable probability” of success on 23 the underlying claims: (1) breach of contract (cause of action two) and (2) unjust enrichment (cause of action three). See OS Shipping Co. v. Glob. Mar. Tr.(s) Priv. Ltd., 2011 WL 1750449, at *5 (D. Or. May 24 6, 2011) (“[T]he prevailing test appears to be a “probable cause” standard[.]”). 1 111, 114, 120, 121, the parties will be limited to ten (10) minutes per side. Plaintiff will proceed 2 first and may reserve time for rebuttal. 3 Dated this 27th day of October 2023.

4 Ravi Subramanian Clerk 5 /s/Ashleigh Drecktrah Deputy Clerk 6

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