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SEVILLE v. MAERSK LINE, LTD.

No. 21-30636.

53 F.4th 890 (2022)

Stacy SEVILLE, as Personal Representative of Peter Wojcikowski, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAERSK LINE, LIMITED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED November 18, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Massa Discon , Charlotte D. Stria , Discon Law Firm, L.L.C., Mandeville, LA, Robert K. Lansden , Ponchatoula, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter Bedford Tompkins, Esq. , Tarryn Elizabeth Walsh , Murphy, Rogers, Sloss, Gambel & Tompkins, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Jones, Southwick, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff filed suit in a district court that concededly had no personal jurisdiction over the defendant and no colorable basis for venue. The district court dismissed the suit and refused to transfer venue. We affirm.

I.

Peter Wojcikowski was a seaman employed by defendant-appellee Maersk Line...

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