Filed: Aug. 26, 2013
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Summary: Case: 10-10695 Date Filed: 08/26/2013 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 10-10695 _ D.C. Docket No. 9:09-cv-80594-WPD THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus THAT CERTAIN UNNAMED GRAY, TWO-STORY VESSEL APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-SEVEN FEET IN LENGTH, her engines, tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and all other necessaries appertaining and belonging in rem, Defendant, FANE LOZMAN, Claimant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the Unit
Summary: Case: 10-10695 Date Filed: 08/26/2013 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 10-10695 _ D.C. Docket No. 9:09-cv-80594-WPD THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus THAT CERTAIN UNNAMED GRAY, TWO-STORY VESSEL APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-SEVEN FEET IN LENGTH, her engines, tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and all other necessaries appertaining and belonging in rem, Defendant, FANE LOZMAN, Claimant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the Unite..
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Case: 10-10695 Date Filed: 08/26/2013 Page: 1 of 2
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 10-10695
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D.C. Docket No. 9:09-cv-80594-WPD
THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
THAT CERTAIN UNNAMED GRAY, TWO-STORY VESSEL
APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-SEVEN FEET IN LENGTH,
her engines, tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and all other
necessaries appertaining and belonging in rem,
Defendant,
FANE LOZMAN,
Claimant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Florida
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(August 26, 2013)
Before MARCUS and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, FAWSETT,* District Judge.
BY THE COURT:
Now before the Court are Appellant’s amended motion to remand this matter to district
*Honorable Patricia C. Fawsett, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida,
sitting by designation.
Case: 10-10695 Date Filed: 08/26/2013 Page: 2 of 2
court for an evidentiary hearing and Appellee’s motion to strike Appellant’s reply in support of his
motion for remand.
When this matter was last before us, we affirmed the district court judgment in favor of
Appellee. However, the Supreme Court reversed, holding that the structure in question was not a
“vessel” for purposes of admiralty law, and thus that the district court lacked subject matter
jurisdiction over the City’s action (herein the “Admiralty Action”). See City of Riviera Beach v.
That Certain Unnamed Gray, Two-Story Vessel Approximately Fifty-Seven Feet in Length,
649
F.3d 1259 (11th Cir. 2011), reversed sub nom Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, -- U.S. --,
133
S. Ct. 735 (2013). The Supreme Court expressly declined to remand for further proceedings. Id.,
133 S.Ct at 745-746.
Appellant has not shown that, despite the district court’s lack of subject matter jurisdiction
over the underlying action, the court would nevertheless be authorized to award him damages and
attorney’s fees. Appellant’s motion for remand is DENIED, without prejudice to his right to
pursue in an appropriate forum any remedies that may be available to him.
Appellee’s motion to strike is DENIED.
The judgment of the district court is REVERSED, and this matter is REMANDED with
instructions to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
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