Mercury Rents, Inc. v. Crenshaw Enterprises, Ltd.

Filing 33

JUDGMENT ADOPTING 29 Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge; granting 8 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction and denying 8 Motion to Transfer Venue. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 19 Motion to Amend the Complaint is DENIED. Signed by Judge Robert G James on 5/30/2017. (crt,Crawford, A)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
LAFAYETTE DIVISION
MERCURY RENTS, INC.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-1741

VERSUS

JUDGE ROBERT G. JAMES

CRENSHAW ENTERPRISES LTD.
MAG. JUDGE CAROL B. WHITEHURST
d/b/a TIGER INDUSTRIAL RENTALS
JUDGMENT
For the reasons contained in the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge
previously filed herein, and in this Court’s Ruling, and after an independent review of the entire
record and the written objections and responses filed herein, and concurring with the Magistrate
Judge’s findings under the applicable law,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Motion to Dismiss, or
Alternatively, Motion to Transfer Venue [Doc. No. 8] filed by Defendant Crenshaw Enterprises,
LLC, d/b/a Tiger Industrial Rentals is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. To the
extent that the motion seeks to dismiss the action for lack of personal jurisdiction, the motion is
GRANTED, and this case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. To the extent the motion seeks to
transfer venue, the motion is DENIED as MOOT.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the Motion for Leave to
File First Supplemental, Amended, and Restated Complaint [Doc. No. 19] filed by Plaintiff
Mercury Rents, Inc. is DENIED.

MONROE, LOUISIANA, this 30th day of May, 2017.

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