Federal District Judge Jeffrey White threw out a lawsuit filed by John Cota against the US Coast Guard six years after the bunkers spill involving the 4,450-teu containership (built 2001), now called the Venezia.
Cota, who pleaded guilty to being at fault in the incident, had been seeking to overturn the agency’s rejection of his renewal application for the merchant mariner credential, which he argued was a violation of his due process and an abuse of discretion.
However,
