Wiegand v. United States Maritime Services, LLC et al

Filing 1

COMPLAINT against All Defendants (Filing fee $ 350 receipt number 053L-3222651) filed by Conrad Wiegand. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Coffey, William)

CIVIL COVER SHEET

sJS 44 (Rev. l2l07)

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I. (a) PLAINTIFFS
Wiegand
Conrbd
Charles

(b)

DEFENDANTS
of
Maritime
Services, andTheParish St.Bernard
LLC
United
States

County of Residence First Listed Plaintiff
of

of
Countv of Residence First Listed Defendant

(EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES)

(rN u.s. PLATNTTFFCASES ONLY)
NOTE: IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES. USE THE LOCATION OF TF{E
LANDII\WOLVED,

(C)

Attorneys (If Known)

Number)
Attomev's (Firm Name.Address.andTelephone

Lea
LLC,724 E.
FrankE. Lamothe,
Lamothe Aertker,
lllMm.'David'Coffey,
LA
Boston
Street,
Covington, 70433,
985-249-6800
(Place
Box
an'x" inone only)

II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION

III.

OF PRINCIPAL

CITIZENSIIIP

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PARTIES(Place
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Incorporatedor Principal Place
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(For Diversity CasesOnly)
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Citizen of This State
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IV. NATURE OF SUIT

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120Marine
l30MillerAct
140NegotiableInstrument
150 Recoveryof Overpayment
&Enforcement
151MedicareAct
152Recoveryof Defaulted
StudentLoans
(Excl. Veterans)
153 Recoveryof Overpayment
of Veteran's Benefits
160 Stockholders'Suits
190 Other Conhact
195 Conhact Product Liabilitv
196Franchise

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210 Land Condemnation
220 Foreclosure
230 Rent Lease& Ejectrnent
240 Torts to Land
245 Tort Product Liability
290 All Other Real Property

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PERSONALINJURY
310 Airplane
315 Airplane Product
Liability
320 Assault, Libel &
Slander
330 FederalEmployers'
Liability
340 Marine
345 Marine Product
Liability
350 Motor Vehicle
355 Motor Vehicle
Product Liability
360 Other Personal

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441 Voting

D ,142Employment
il ,143Housing/
Accommodations

D 444 Welfare

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445 Amer. w/Disabilities Employment
446 Amer. w/Disabilities Other
,140Other Civil Rights

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PERSONALINJURY
362 PersonalInjury Med. Malpractice
O 365 PersonalInjury Product Liability
O 368 AsbestosPersonal
Injury Product
Liability
PERSONAL PROPERTY
J 370 Other Fraud
tr 371Truth in Lending
D 380 OtherPersonal
PropertyDamage
D 385 Property Damage
Product Liability
D

510 Motions to Vacate
Sentence
HabeasCorpus:
530 General
535 Death Penalty
540 Mandamus& Other
550 Civil Rights
555 PrisonCondition

Remandedfrom
APPellateCourt

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D 610 Agriculture
D 620 Other Food & Drug
il 625 Drug RelatedSeizure
of Property21 USC 881
O 630 Liquor Laws
il 640 R.R. & Truck
O 650 Airline Regs.
O 660 Occupational
SafetyAlealth
D 690 Other
D 710 Fair Labor Standards
Act
O 720 LaborlMgmt. Relations
730 Labor/lv{gmt.Reporting
& DisclosureAct
740 Railway Labor Act
790 Other Labor Litigation
791 Empl. Ret. Inc.
SecurityAct

J 422Appeal28USC 158
O 423 Withdrawal
28 USC 157

D 820 Copyrights
D 830 Patent
D 840 Trademark

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861
Lung(923)
862Black
863DIwC/DIww (405(e)
XVI
864SSIDTitIC

400 StateReapportionment
410 Antitrust
430 Banks and Banking
450 Commerce
460Deportation
470Racketeerlnfluencedand
Comrpt Organizations
D 480 ConsumerCredit
n 490Cable/SatTV
Service
D 810 Selective
O S50Securities/Commodities/
Exchange
O 875 CustomerChallenge
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870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff
or Defendant)
871 IRS-Third Party
26 USC 7609

463 HabeasCorpus Alien Detainee
465 Other Immigration
Actions

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4 Reinstated
Reopened

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L-t a anotherdistrict

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890 Other StatutoryActions
891 Agricultural Acts
892 Economic StabilizationAct
893 EnvironmentalMatters
894 Energy Allocation Act
895 Freedomof Information
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of
9OOAppeal Fee Determination
Under Equal Access
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950 Constitutionalityof
StateStatutes

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