ABSOLUTE MARINE TOWING SALVAGE, INC. v. S/V INIKI

Full title: ABSOLUTE MARINE TOWING SALVAGE, INC., Plaintiff, v. S/V INIKI, a 36…

Court: United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Orlando Division

Date published: Jun 3, 2011

Case No. 6:09-cv-1712-Orl-31KRS (M.D. Fla. Jun. 3, 2011)

Opinion

Case No. 6:09-cv-1712-Orl-31KRS.

June 3, 2011

ORDER

GREGORY PRESNELL, District Judge

This cause comes before the Court on Unopposed Motion for Taxation of Substitute Custodial Fees against Defendant Vessel in rem (Doc. No. 104) filed May 10, 2011.

On May 18, 2011, the United States Magistrate Judge issued a report (Doc. No. 109) recommending that the motion be granted. No objections have been filed. Therefore, it is ORDERED as follows:

1. The Report and Recommendation is CONFIRMED and ADOPTED as part of this Order.

2. The Unopposed Motion for Taxation of Substitute Custodial Fees against Defendant Vessel in rem is GRANTED. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment on behalf of Scorpion Marine against the Vessel in rem in the amount of $42,055.50 covering the expense of in custoda legis as of April 30, 2011.

3. This judgment shall be accorded priority on other claims and Scorpion Marine is allowed to bid this amount at any auction of the S/V Iniki.

DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Orlando, Florida.