Rockfish Inc v. Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: March 25, 2024
• Docket: 2:22-cv-01659
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 THE HONORABLE JAMES L. ROBART

8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 9 AT SEATTLE

10 ROCKFISH, INC., a Washington Corporation, IN ADMIRALTY

11 Plaintiff, CASE NO.: 22-cv-1659-JLR

12 v. [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 13 PLAINTIFF’S UNOPPOSED UNIDENTIFIED WRECKED AND MOTION TO EXPAND 14 ABANDONED VESSEL, her engines, boilers, INJUNCTION apparel, tackle, equipment, appurtenances and 15 cargo, in rem,

16 Defendant.

This matter having come before the Court on Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Expand 18

Injunction, and the Court having considered the motion and being fully advised, now, therefore, 19

it is hereby: 20

21 ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED; and

22 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is hereby granted the exclusive right to

salvage the Defendant Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel (the “Vessel”). 23

Unless otherwise authorized by the Court, all other salvors are enjoined from engaging in salvage 24

operations within the polygon bounded by the following coordinates (WGS 84 datum): 25

LAWOFFICESOF 1 e NW 1 Corner of polygon: 47.9039 latitude -125.3831 longitude 2 e NW 2 Corner of polygon: 47.8128 latitude -125.3883 longitude 3 e SW 1 Corner of polygon: 47.7635 latitude -125.2510 longitude 4 e SW 2 Corner of polygon: 47.7052 latitude -125.2390 longitude 5 e NE Corner of polygon: 47.8229 latitude -125.1179 longitude 6 e SE 2 Corner of polygon: 47.7140 latitude -125.1076 longitude 7 A graphic depiction of this polygon follows: 8 *% YONG \ | 1) \ □□ □□□ 9 ) Re ) 1 C ( / ‘ \ (/ \ Coast of ® □□ od, i «A ™~s Coftigucas Zon US \ \ \ Washin gtén. □□ wwe Phebe 2 Contiguous Zone \ \ \ State.) (-2 \ □□ i \ | \ . A 11 \ ‘ \ \ \ Lye. ‘ \ \ \ | _ \ woes, \ \ \ \ Ht a a = oo Original Boundary —| \ \ B _ Soe Se of the Rocktigh, \ Washington State 3\ □□□□□ - nc Exclusion ‘area ile limit \ y *s, IW 2 A □□ \ = \ rf \ ( YK ) \ □ sw \ ~ | | \ 15 yr) > \ / Boundary of thes \, 16 J \ Ei / / SA SL Territorial Sea \ ) Ea | ys. \ \ Updated a | Boundary of the \ oss, V7 Boundary of the mh | | Olympic Coast \ ‘ ) Rockfish, Inc ) VA 4 \ National Marine \ 4 ( \ 18 Exclusion area / — \ Af 5 |) eee Sanctuary \ J CSM (TA Vr \ □ 19 Unless extended by the Court, Plaintiff's exclusive right to salvage the Vessel and the above- 21 described injunction against competing salvage operations shall lapse on April 21, 2025. Plaintiff is permitted to seek extension of its exclusive salvage right and the injunction by motion. In order to obtain such extension, Plaintiff must demonstrate its salvage efforts will be undertaken with due diligence, are ongoing, and clothed with some prospect of success, consistent with the principles set forth in Moyer v. Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel, known as 26|| Andrea Doria, 836 F. Supp. 1099, 1106 (D.N.J. 1993).

{PROPOSED} ORDER GRANTING MOTION A PROF ES NORMAL □□□□□ COMPANY TO EXPAND INJUNCTION - 2 ‘SEATTLE, WASHINGTON □□□□□

1 DATED this 25th day of March, 2024. 2 A 3 4 _______________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 5 6 7 8 9 10 Presented by: NICOLL BLACK & FEIG PLLC 11 12 ___/s/ Jeremy B. Jones___________ Jeremy B. Jones, WSBA No. 44138 13 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 LAWOFFICESOF