Attorney Gregory Ross Singer's Legal Cases

Admiralty and maritime

Jensen v. Rollinger

Sep 11, 2014

OUTCOME: In our clients' favor, the Court DENIED Defendant Rollinger's Motion to vacate Rule B attachment pursuant to Rule E(4)

In a federal Admiralty Rule B action in the Western District of Texas, our clients attached IRAs held by defendant Rollinger in Texas, in lieu of arresting defendant's yacht laying in Panama. Defenda ... nt Rollinger moved to vacate the Rule B attachment on the grounds that IRAs are exempt from attachment and execution under Texas state law. The Court agreed with our analysis that federal law preempted state law in this case, and therefore approximately $400,000 in assets were subject to attachment under federal admiralty law, even though local state law exempted those funds. Case available at http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/texas/txwdce/5:2013cv01095/664523/56

Admiralty and maritime

Jensen v. United States Coast Guard

Aug 12, 2014

OUTCOME: In favor of our clients, the Court DENIED the U.S. Coast Guard's Motion to Dismiss

The U.S. Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center rejected our clients' application for a Preferred Ship Mortgage after litigation on the mortgage had begun. Our clients joined the Coast Gua ... rd as defendants in the instant lawsuit, seeking judicial review under the Administrative Procedures Act. The Coast Guard moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that (1) the National Vessel Documentation Center's decision was not "final agency action", and therefore sovereign immunity to suit had not been waived; and (2) the only appropriate venues to sue the United States Coast Guard would be West Virginia or Washington, DC. The court agreed with our analysis that (1) the National Vessel Documentation Center's decisions are "final agency action" for the purposes of waiving sovereign immunity, and therefore these decisions are immediately reviewable by a U.S. District Court; and (2) venue was appropriate in Texas as to the U.S. Coast Guard, as the property that was the subject of the action was located in Texas. Case available at: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/texas/txwdce/5:2013cv01095/664523/45

Gregory Ross Singer's Legal Cases (2)

Jensen v. Rollinger

Jensen v. United States Coast Guard