26-00780L

NOTICE TO ALL POTENTIAL CLAIMANTS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
2:26-cv-347-KCD-NPM
IN ADMIRALTY
JONATHAN STEINKE and RACHEL STEINKE,
Plaintiffs, v.
UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS,
Defendants.
As the owners of a 2020 28’ Blue Wave Makaira vessel, Hull ID# PWV16309H920 (the “vessel”)—and pursuant to 46 U.S.C § 30501, et seq., and Supplemental Rule F of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure—JONATHAN STEINKE and RACHEL STEINKE filed a complaint on February 12, 2026, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida seeking exoneration from, or limitation of, any liability concerning any and all personal injury, property damage, destruction, or other losses arising out of or related to an August 30, 2025 collision involving the vessel in the vicinity of North Captiva Island in the territorial waters in or near Lee County, Florida, as more fully described in the complaint. The court has accepted a letter of undertaking as interim security for all claims against the Plaintiffs and the vessel. Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 30511(c), “all claims and proceedings against the owner related to the matter in question shall cease.”
By April 20, 2026, all persons or entities claiming damage for any and all loss, destruction, injuries, and/or death allegedly as a result of the occurrences and happenings recited in the complaint must file their respective claims with the clerk of this court and serve copies thereof on Plaintiffs’ counsel. By the same date, all persons or entities presenting claims and desiring to contest the allegations of the complaint must file an answer to the complaint in this court and must serve copies thereof on Plaintiffs’ counsel or be defaulted. Service on Plaintiffs’ counsel may be made by delivery or mail to Anthony J. Cuva, Esquire, Turkel Cuva Barrios, P.A., 100 North Tampa Street, Suite 1900, Tampa, Florida 33602, telephone number (813) 834-9191.
DATED: February 20, 2026
Elizabeth Warren, CLERK
(SEAL) By: Carla Roberts
Deputy Clerk
Feb. 27; Mar. 6, 13, 20, 2026 26-00780L

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