Legal Opinion
Setera v. F/V Olympic, Official No. 516728
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided February 19, 1980No. C80-133BPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DIRECT MARSHAL TO EXECUTE PROCESS
BEEKS, Senior District Judge.
This is an admiralty action in rem and in personam for wages instituted by a crew member of a fishing vessel. According to the complaint, plaintiff served as engineer on F/V OLYMPIC, and now seeks base and bonus pay computed on a percentage of the vessel’s catch, a method commonly called lay-share.
As provided in 28 U.S.C. § 1916, Clerk of this court did not require filing fees from plaintiff to commence the action. The U. S. Marshal has served process on one of the in personam defendants, but, relying on 28…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Humberto Silva Araya v. Clayburne A. McLelland United States MarshalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Werner Thielebeule v. M/s Nordsee Pilot, Schiffarts, K.G.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Cohn v. GeorgeDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1968
- Souyoutzis v. M/V Georgios KCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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- Lindsey v. Solutions Exchange, Inc. (In Re Lindsey)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1995