It's a high-profile case, so Judge Owens knew it would get some attention. It's about the overnight fire on the Conception off the Channel Islands during a scuba diving expedition -- a fire that killed 34 people in horrific circumstances. There was a ton of press about it, and today's appeal concerns the conviction of the ship's captain for "seaman's manslaughter" under federal law.
The Ninth Circuit affirms, and when reciting the fact that thirty four people died, Judge Owens doesn't just delineate the body count. He also mentions their names. In a published opinion. Preserved forever.
A fitting tribute. So I'll do here as well:
"Carol Diana Adamic, Juha-Pekka Ahopelto, Neal Gustav Baltz, Patricia Ann Beitzinger, Vaidehi Devi Campbell Williams, Kendra Moore Chan, Raymond Scott Chan, Adrian Danielle Dahood-Fritz, Sanjeeri Satish Deopujari, Justin Carroll Dignam, Berenice Felipe, Lisa Ann Fiedler, Kristina Oline Finstad, Andrew Aaron Fritz, Daniel Garcia, Marybeth Guiney, Yuko Hatano, Yulia Krashennaya, Alexandra Haley Kurtz, Xiang Lin, Charles Spencer McIlvain, Caroline Annette McLaughlin, Kaustubh Nirmal, Angela Rose Solano Quitasol, EvanMichel Solano Quitasol, Michael Storm Quitasol, Nicole Storm Solano Quitasol, Steven John Salika, Tia Nicole Adamic Salika, Sunil Singh Sandhu, Fernisa June Sison, Ted Stephen Strom, Kristian Marc Takvam, and Wei Tan."
