Where property is arrested or attached, any person claiming an interest in the
property arrested or attached may upon a showing of any improper practice or manifest
want of equity on the part of the plaintiff, be entitled to an order requiring the plaintiff to
show cause forthwith why the arrest or attachment should not be vacated or other relief
granted consistent with these rules. A hearing shall be held on the order to show cause
within forty-eight (48) hours of service of the order upon counsel for the plaintiff. The
hearing shall be held before the judge to whom the matter is assigned, or, if unavailable,
before the emergency judge. This rule shall have no application to suits for seamen’s
wages when process is issued upon a certificate of sufficient cause filed pursuant to section
4546 of the Revised Statutes (Title 46, U.S. Code, Section 603 and 604.
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