Knox v. Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, 3:19-CV-00181. (2019)
Court: District Court, S.D. Texas
Number: infdco20190819b81
Visitors: 10
Filed: Aug. 15, 2019
Latest Update: Aug. 15, 2019
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION GEORGE C. HANKS, JR. , District Judge . On July 8, 2019, Defendant's Admiralty Rule E Motion for Equitable Vacatur, for Damages Due to Wrongful Attachment, and to Transfer and Consolidate ("Motion for Miscellaneous Relief") (Dkt. 6) was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(B). Dkt. 12. On July 25, 2019, Judge Edison filed a Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 51). No obj
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION GEORGE C. HANKS, JR. , District Judge . On July 8, 2019, Defendant's Admiralty Rule E Motion for Equitable Vacatur, for Damages Due to Wrongful Attachment, and to Transfer and Consolidate ("Motion for Miscellaneous Relief") (Dkt. 6) was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(B). Dkt. 12. On July 25, 2019, Judge Edison filed a Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 51). No obje..
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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
GEORGE C. HANKS, JR., District Judge.
On July 8, 2019, Defendant's Admiralty Rule E Motion for Equitable Vacatur, for Damages Due to Wrongful Attachment, and to Transfer and Consolidate ("Motion for Miscellaneous Relief") (Dkt. 6) was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Dkt. 12. On July 25, 2019, Judge Edison filed a Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 51).
No objections have been filed to the Memorandum and Recommendation. Accordingly, the Court reviews the Memorandum and Recommendation for plain error on the face of the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also, FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3).
Based on the pleadings, the record, and the applicable law, the Court finds that there is no plain error apparent from the face of the record. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED that:
(1) Judge Edison's Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 51) is APPROVED and ADOPTED in its entirety as the holding of the Court; and
(2) The Motion for Miscellaneous Relief (Dkt. 6) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Specifically, Hornbeck Services's request to transfer is GRANTED, and this case is TRANSFERRED to the Eastern District of Louisiana. Hornbeck Services's request for damages due to wrongful attachment is DENIED without prejudice to allow Hornbeck Services to reassert its request in the Eastern District of Louisiana upon completion of the case transfer.
It is so ORDERED.
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