The dishonorable Judge Michael J. Devine is a corrupt, predator-protecting disgrace to the federal judiciary. Devine is the co-author (along with Sarah Grabenstein) of the infamous U.S. Coast Guard vs. Mark Steven Stiniziano, an historically shocking piece of corporate corruption thinly disguised as a legal opinion. In Stinziano, Devine literally legalized shipboard sexual assault, mental & physical torture, hazing, bullying, sexual abuse, extreme forms of sexual harassment, and much, much more. Now, thanks to Judge Michael Devine, No One is Safe at Sea. In Response to Devine’s ruling in U.S. Coast Guard vs. Stinziano, MLAA filed a Federal lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard ALJ Court seeking over 30 years of records on the court’s handling of sexual misconduct claims. The early results of that lawsuit have been shocking. Michael Devine is a cancer and must be removed from his office. There will be no progress on maritime safety until Devine and his colleagues are fired via legislation passed by Congress.

Links to MLAA stories and documents about Judge Michael Devine:

1. Maersk captain suspended four months after U.S. Coast Guard Administrative Law judge MICHAEL DEVINE rules multiple sexual assaults and pattern of extreme sexual harassment against USMMA deck cadet constituted ‘hazing’, not ‘molestation

2. Coast Guard Attorney Sarah Grabenstein Co-Authored USCG vs. Stinziano. Her Infamous Opinion Legalized Shipboard Sexual Assault & Mental & Physical Torture. Now, No One is Safe at Sea.

3. U.S. Coast Guard Prosecutors File Notice of Appeal In U.S.C.G. vs. Mark Stinziano. New Commandant Linda Fagan Will Decide Fate of Maersk Captain. Decision Expected in August 2022.

4. Sarah Grabenstein, Attorney-Advisor to U.S. Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge Michael Devine

5. IN RESPONSE TO MICHAEL DEVINE’S RULING IN U.S. COAST GUARD VS. STINZIANO, MLAA FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SEEKING 32 YEARS OF MARINER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATION FILES, COURT RECORDS, AND SECRET SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS

6. An Epic Sexual Assault Scandal, 30 Years in the Making, is Coming for the U.S. Coast Guard. This FOIA Request is only the Beginning.

7. Maritime Injustice: In Secret Settlement Agreement, Federal Judge Bruce Tucker Smith Gave a ONE MONTH Suspension to a Coast Guard-Credentialed Ship Captain Who Was Convicted of a Sex Crime

8. I Was a 19-Year-Old Virgin When I Was Raped by a 60+ Year-Old 1st Engineer Aboard a Maersk Ship During Sea Year. I Know Several Other Current USMMA Students Who Were Also Raped During Sea Year.