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INLAND DREDGING v. SANCHEZ

No. 05-61156.

468 F.3d 864 (2006)

INLAND DREDGING, In the Matter of the Complaint of Inland Dredging Company, LLC, Owner and Operator of the M/V MS. PAULA, for Exoneration from Limitation or Liability, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricardo SANCHEZ, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory W. O'Neal (argued), Bratton & O'Neal, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Anthony G. Buzbee, Joseph Sullivan Jaworski (argued), Buzbee Law Firm, Galveston, TX, William Ray Striebeck, Greenville, MS, for Sanchez.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Ricardo Sanchez appeals an injunction preventing him from proceeding with his Jones Act suit in a different federal court after the shipowner filed a limitation of liability action in this federal court and obtained the injunction. We vacate the injunction.

I.

Ricardo Sanchez claims that he suffered injury while working as a seaman aboard the M/V MS. PAULA, a vessel owned by Inland...

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