Adia v. Grandeur Management, Inc.
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OPINION. For the foregoing reasons, the Plaintiff's cross-motion to amend the Complaint is granted, and the Defendants' motion to dismiss the Complaint is granted. It is so ordered. re: 14 MOTION to Dismiss filed by Raja I Younas, Grandeur Management, Inc. (Signed by Judge Robert W. Sweet on 9/6/2018) (rjm) Transmission to Orders and Judgments Clerk for processing.
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Case 1:17-cv-09349-RWS Document 26 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 16
UN ITE D STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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NOEL P . ADIA ,
17 Civ . 9349
Pl aintiff ,
(RWS)
OPINION
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RAJA I . YOUN AS ,
Defendants .
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Attorneys for Defendants
LAW OFFICES OF NOLAN KLEIN ,
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Sweet, D.J.
Defendants Grandeur Management, Inc .
Raja I. Younas ("Younas")
("Grandeur " ) and
(collectively, the "Defendants") have
moved to dismiss the Complaint of the plaintiff Noel P. Adia
("Adia" or the "Plaintiff") pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure 12 (b) (2) and 12 (b) (6) . The Plaintiff has cross -moved
to amend the Complaint . The cross-motion of the Plaintiff to
amend the Complaint by the additional allegations in paragraphs
28 -44 is granted . The motion of th e Defendants to dismiss the
Complaint as amended is granted .
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Facts & Prior Proceedings
Adia filed the Complaint on November 29 , 20 17 alleging
that the Defendants fraudulently recruited him to work as an H2B guest worker and forced him to work overt ime through threats
o f lack of immigrati on status , loss of work , and false
provisions of sponsorship in violation of the Trafficking
Vi olations Protection Act, 1 8 U. S.C.
Alien Tort Statute , 28 U. S.C.
Labor Law, Article 19
§§
§
1350 ,
650 et seq .
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1589.9 0 ("TVPA" ) , the
("ATS") , and New York
( "NYLL") . Compl.
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