United States v. M/V Miss Beholden

ORDER GRANTING UNITED STATES’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes to this Court upon the United States’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (D.E. # 62), filed May 20, 1994. The Clerk advises this Court that no Response to the instant motion has yet been received, and the time period to respond has since lapsed.

I. Introduction

This action arises out of the grounding of the MW Miss Beholden, a 147-foot long Grenadian flag freighter, on the Western Sambo Reef, off Key West, Florida on March 13, 1993. The United States seeks damages pursuant to…