David et al v. Signal InternationaL LLC et al

Filing 2652

ORDER granting 2648 Partial Motion to Dismiss as to the Dewan Defendants. Signed by Judge Susie Morgan on 4/26/2017. (clc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
KURIAN DAVID, et al.,
Plaintiffs

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

No. 08-1220

SIGNAL INTERNATIONAL, LLC, et al.,
Defendants

SECTION "E"

Related Case:
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

No. 12-557

SIGNAL INTERNATIONAL, LLC, et al.,
Defendants

SECTION "E"

Related Case:
LAKSHMANAN PONNAYAN ACHARI, et al.,
Plaintiffs

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

No. 13-6218
(c/w 13-6219,
13-6220, 13-6221,
14-732, 14-1818)

SIGNAL INTERNATIONAL, LLC, et al.,
Defendants

SECTION "E"

Applies to: No. 13-6218 (c/w 13-6219, 13-6220, 13-6221, 14-732, 14-1818);
No. 08-1220
ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL
The Court having been advised by counsel for all parties that they have firmly
agreed upon a compromise in this matter with the Dewan Defendants;

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IT IS ORDERED that this action be and is hereby dismissed as to the Dewan
Defendants, without costs and without prejudice to the right, upon good cause shown,
on or before August 1, 2018, to reopen the action if the settlement is not consummated.
In addition, the Court specifically retains jurisdiction to enforce the settlement
agreement and the sealed filing entered by the Dewan Defendants as part of such
settlement agreement in David v. Signal Int’l LLC, No. 08-1220, on April 17, 2017
(“Sealed Document No. 1 filed on April 17, 2017”). See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2); Kokkonen
v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 381-82 (1994); Hospitality House, Inc.
v. Gilbert, 298 F.3d 424, 430 (5th Cir. 2002).
New Orleans, Louisiana this 26th day of April, 2017.

______________ ___________________
HONORABLE SUSIE MORGAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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