Opinion
21-CV-5071 (VEC)
06-15-2022
BARNET MARINE INC., Plaintiff, v. LAUREL D SHIPPING LLC now known as LAUREL SHIPPING LLC, Defendant.
ORDER
VALERIE CAPRONI, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
WHEREAS on June 10, 2021, the Court ordered the attachment of $591,253.39 belonging to Defendant and in the control of non-party JPMorgan Chase Bank NA pursuant to Rule B of the Supplemental Rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Dkt. 11;
WHEREAS on September 3, 2021, Defendant moved to vacate the attachment, Dkt. 33;
WHEREAS the motion to vacate is fully briefed, see Mem. of Law, Dkt. 35; Resp., Dkt. 50; Reply, Dkt. 51;
WHEREAS the Court is ready to decide the motion to vacate on the papers before it; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Rule E(4)(f) of the Supplemental Rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[w]henever property is arrested or attached, any person claiming an interest in it shall be entitled to a prompt hearing at which the plaintiff shall be required to show why the arrest or attachment should not be vacated or other relief granted consistent with these rules, ” Fed.R.Civ.P. Supp. Rule E(4)(f).
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, by no later than Wednesday, June 22, 2022, Defendant must inform the Court whether it is requesting a hearing on its motion to vacate or whether it would like the Court to decide the motion without a hearing and based on the papers before it.
SO ORDERED.