Decided July 8, 2009
Before Feinberg, Winter, and Cabranes, C.JJ.
Plaintiff sought from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Naomi Reice Buchwald, Judge) a Process of Maritime Attachment and Garnishment pursuant to Rule B of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty and Maritime Claims (“Rule B”) against two defendants. One defendant was a party to a charter agreement with plaintiff and was registered as a corporation with the New York Department of State. Plaintiff alleged that the other defendant, which was not registered as a corporation in New York, was the corporate alter ego of the contracting party. We hold that the alter ego of a corporation registered with the New York Department of State—and therefore “found within the district” for the purposes of Rule B—is likewise “found within the district,” and therefore its property is not subject to maritime attachment.
Affirmed.
