VELDHOEN v. U.S. COAST GUARD

No. 93-3788.

35 F.3d 222 (1994)

Paul VELDHOEN and Arnoldus Broekhoven, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, T.A. "Barney" Turlo, and Lt. Commander Matthew G. Williams, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Murphy, Peter B. Sloss, Murphy, Williams, Rogers & Sloss, New Orleans, LA, for appellants.

Patricia A. Millet, Mark B. Stern, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Robert J. Boitmann, U.S. Atty., Nancy Nungesser, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, LA, for appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, WISDOM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

I.

Paul Veldhoen and Arnoldus Broekhoven ("the sailors") appeal the denial of a petition to enjoin the United States Coast Guard's investigation of a high-seas collision. Because we find that there was no final agency action and, therefore, the district court lacked jurisdiction to hear the sailors' petition, we affirm.

II.

Sometimes two ships do not pass in the night...

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