CLARK, Chief Judge:
In this admiralty action, the district court denied Steve Fredieu's request for a jury trial as untimely and contingent. Fredieu's effort to excuse the lack of timeliness with a plea of inadvertence is insufficient. The district court's decision was not an abuse of discretion. On the merits, the district court concluded that Fredieu was not a seaman under the Jones Act because the rig on which he worked was not in navigation. The court also held...
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