Modern American Recycling Service, Inc. v. Epic Applied Technologies, LLC et al

Filing 85

ORDER and Certification of Judgment as Final Pursuant to Rule 54(B) granting 82 Motion for Entry of Judgment under Rule 54(b). The motion is granted, as set forth in document. Signed by Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle on 10/14/2020. (ko)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
MODERN AMERICAN
RECYCLING SERVICE, INC.

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 19-9301

EPIC APPLIED
TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, ET AL

SECTION:“B” (3)

ORDER AND CERTIFICATION
OF JUDGMENT AS FINAL PURSUANT TO RULE 54(B)
Interpleader defendants Epic Companies, LLC, Navarro Capital
Partners, LLC, and Epic Applied Technologies, LLC’s joint motion
for

entry

of

a

certified

final

judgment

(Rec.

Doc.

82)

is

GRANTED.
IT IS ORDERED that the judgment

against

Ranger

Offshore,

Inc. issued contemporaneously with this order is hereby certified
as appealable pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b).
First, the Court determines that Rule 54(b) is applicable, because
“multiple parties are involved.” Second, the Court determines that
its

judgment

against

Ranger

should

be

certified

as

final

and

appealable because “there is no just reason for delay,” for the
reasons stated in the movants’ motion. Specifically, the Court
finds

that

issuing

a

final

judgment

against

Ranger,

a

non-

responsive party in this proceeding, will allow for the remaining
parties

to

reach

a

consensual

1

resolution,

thereby

preserving

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judicial and economic resources by avoiding the necessity of a
trial. Accordingly, the motion has merit and should be granted.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 14th day of October, 2020.

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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