October 26, 2017 — NEW BEDFORD, Mass. —  Judge William Young didn’t waste any time denying the United States’ motion for reconsideration in the case of Carlos Rafael.

The government filed the reconsideration on Wednesday, the same day Young filed his judgment.

The government sought Young to reconsider the forfeitability of Rafael’s vessels and permits.

Young ordered four vessels and the accompanying permits to be forfeited on Oct. 11. U.S. Marshals seized the vessels the Lady Patricia, Olivia & Rafaela and the Southern Crusader II on Oct. 18.

The reconsideration stated, “the court may correct a sentence that resulted from arithmetical, technical or other clerical error” within 14 days. The government, again, is seeking Rafael to forfeit all 13 vessels and permits associated with his guilty plea to 28 counts of falsifying fishing quota, bulk cash smuggling and tax evasion.

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