Stephens Boat Co. v. The Barge "ORR 1"

ORDER AND REASONS

MENTZ, District Judge.

Before the Court are two motions of the United States: its Motion to Stay Sale to Enforce Judgment, and its Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment and Dismiss Complaint to Enforce Lien. For the reasons set out below, the Court finds the second motion to be well taken in part, and the first to be moot in light of the action ordered herein to dispose of the second.

I. Facts

Agents of the U.S. Customs Service seized the barge ORR1 from the shipyard of Stephens Boat Co., Inc., the builder of the barge. At the time of the seizure, Stephens Boat was holding the…