ANGELEX LTD. v. U.S.

No. 13-1610.

723 F.3d 500 (2013)

ANGELEX LTD., as owner of the M/V Antonis G. Pappadakis, and the M/V Antonis G. Pappadakis in rem, Petitioner-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America; United States Coast Guard; United States Customs and Border Protection Agency, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Douglas Neal Letter , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. George Michael Chalos , Chalos & Co, P.C., Oyster Bay, New York, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Neil H. MacBride , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Matthew M. Collette , Anne Murphy , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge THACKER wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge FLOYD joined.


THACKER, Circuit Judge:

The United States of America, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency (collectively, "Respondents" or the "government") appeal the district court's order, which, upon an emergency petition filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, (1) altered the terms of a bond the Coast Guard had fixed for the release of a detained ship that was under investigation; and (2) restricted the types of penalties...

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