Automated Summary
Key Facts
This is a Rule F Order from the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, concerning Efrain Camacho's petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability for a 2024 Bayliner VR5 vessel. The vessel had an incident on the navigable waters of the Sacramento River on May 10, 2025. The vessel was valued at $49,447.00, and Camacho provided $1,000.00 security as required by Admiralty L. R. 520(b). The Court approved the stipulation for value and letter of undertaking, directed claimants to file claims with the Clerk of Court by March 2, 2026, and stayed prosecution of claims pending the hearing and termination of this proceeding.
Issues
Petitioner Efrain Camacho seeks exoneration from or limitation of liability for claims arising from an incident on the navigable waters of the Sacramento River, California on May 10, 2025. The court approved the stipulation for value of $49,447 and directed claimants to file proof of claims by March 2, 2026, while staying all other related proceedings.
Holdings
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California approved the stipulation for value and letter of undertaking filed in this limitation of liability case. The court set the vessel value at $49,447 with $1,000 security provided. All claimants must file claims with the Clerk by March 2, 2026, and prosecution of any related suits is stayed until this proceeding concludes.
Remedies
The Court approved the stipulation for value and the security in the form of the letter of undertaking filed in this action. Claimants are directed to file and make proof of claims with the Clerk of the Court on or before March 2, 2026. A monition has been issued against all persons having claims for any losses or personal injuries. The prosecution of any suits, actions, or legal proceedings in respect of claims arising from the incident is stayed and restrained until the hearing and termination of this proceeding.
Legal Principles
The court applied Supplemental Admiralty Rule F and 46 U.S.C. §§ 30501, et seq., approving a stipulation for value and letter of undertaking for vessel limitation of liability proceedings, directing claimants to file and make proof of claims within the specified deadline, and staying prosecution of related claims pending the hearing and termination of this proceeding.
Precedent Name
Dammers. et al.
Cited Statute
46 U.S.C. Chapter 305 - Limitation of Liability of Shipowners
Judge Name
William B. Shubb
Passage Text
- IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court approves the stipulation for value and the security in the form of the letter of undertaking filed in this action
- ORDERED that a Monition issue against all persons having such claims for any and all losses, personal injuries, destruction of property, as alleged in Petitioner's Complaint for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability must file them as provided by Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims with the Clerk of this Court, Mr. Keith Holland, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse, 501 I Street, 4th floor, Room 4-200, Sacramento, California 95814 and mail copies to Petitioner's attorneys, B. Otis Felder, Esq., WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP, 655 Montgomery Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94111, on or before the 2nd day of March 2026
- ORDERED, that the beginning or continued prosecution of any and all suits, actions, or legal proceedings of any nature or description whatsoever, except in the present proceeding, in respect of any claim arising out of, consequent upon, or in connection with the aforesaid incident involving the Vessel, described in the Complaint for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, are hereby stayed and restrained until the hearing and termination of this proceeding.