United States v. John Stapp, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ATLAS, District Judge.

Pending before the Court in this admiralty case is Plaintiff United States of America’s (“Plaintiffs”) Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 32] and Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 33] (“Motion”). Defendants John Stapp, Inc. (“John Stapp”), Stapp Towing Co., Inc. (“Stapp Towing”), and tug CAPTAIN STAPP in rem (“CAPTAIN STAPP”) (collectively, “Defendants”) 1 have filed a Response [Doc. # 34] and a Sur-Response [Doc. #36]. Plaintiff has filed a Reply [Doc. #35]. Having considered the parties’ submissions, all matters of…