USCG ignores court order in Seaway Pilot case; Court wants answers
August 04, 08 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Source: Seaway Channel
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has given the Coast Guard a deadline of Monday, August 4th to submit materials relating to their handling of the Order on Remand that the Court issued more than a year ago on July 23, 2007.
Legal observers with extensive federal court experience say it is rarely a good thing to “stick a thumb in the eye” of any member or members of the federal bench and that the Coast Guard’s legal strategy of trying to “wear down” their opponent is unlikely to work once a case has gone as far as the U.S. Court of Appeals and back.
In fact, in deciding in favor of Menkes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit warned the Coast Guard that failure to comply with the Court’s direction would open up not only the administrative procedures complaints made by Menkes’ attorney but also the much broader civil rights claims made by Menkes for the Court’s consideration.
