San Miguel Archangel Treasure Tours Inc. v. M/V "AFTERGLOW"

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN MIGUEL ARCHANGEL Case No.: 24-cv-2365-AGS-VET

TREASURE TOURS, INC.,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO Plaintiff,

ISSUE MARITIME ARREST

v.

WARRANT (ECF 4) AND TO

APPOINT SUBSTITUTE M/V AFTERGLOW, et al.,

CUSTODIAN (ECF 6)

Defendants. 8 Plaintiff San Miguel Archangel Treasure Tours, Inc., moves for (1) a warrant to seize defendant vessel “Afterglow” and (2) an order to appoint a substitute custodian of that vessel. (ECF 4, 6.) As these requests appear to be shipshape, plaintiff’s motions are granted. MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF A MARITIME ARREST WARRANT Plaintiff brings this “admiralty action in rem” “to enforce the lien of a preferred mortgage.” (ECF 1, at 3.) “To commence an action in rem against a vessel, the plaintiff must file a verified complaint that describes the vessel ‘with reasonable particularity’ and states that the vessel ‘is within the district’ or will be so ‘while the action is…