Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC v. Mediterranean Shipping Company USA Inc.
Plaintiff: Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC
Defendant: Mediterranean Shi[pping Company (USA) Inc., MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc., Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc., Martin Bencher USA, LLC and Martin Bencher (Scandinavia) A/S
Case Number: 1:2022cv01018
Filed: February 4, 2022
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Presiding Judge: Mary Kay Vyskocil
Nature of Suit: Contract: Marine
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1333 mc
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
March 23, 2022 Opinion or Order ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney L. Etienne Balart. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), INC., as agent for MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., S.A., Geneva to Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc. (with party text ) as agent for MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., S.A., Geneva. (gp)
March 22, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 29 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT amending #1 Complaint, against Martin Bencher (Scandinavia) A/S, Martin Bencher USA, LLC, Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), INC., as agent for MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., S.A., Geneva.Document filed by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC. Related document: #1 Complaint,..(Balart, L.)
March 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 28 ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND granting #27 EX PARTE MOTION for Leave to File Amended Complaint. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs motion for leave to amend the complaint [ECF No. 27] is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall file its First Amended Complaint on or before March 28, 2022. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on 3/21/2022) (jca)
March 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 27 EX PARTE MOTION for Leave to File Amended Complaint . Document filed by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order).(Balart, L.)
March 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 26 FILING ERROR - DEFICIENT DOCKET ENTRY - FILED AGAINST PARTY ERROR - FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT amending #1 Complaint, against MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc., Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc., Martin Bencher USA, LLC, Martin Bencher (Scandinavia) A/S.Document filed by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC. Related document: #1 Complaint,..(Balart, L.) Modified on 3/21/2022 (gp).
March 21, 2022 Opinion or Order ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT PLEADING. Notice to Attorney L. Etienne Balart to RE-FILE Document No. #26 Amended Complaint,. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the wrong party/parties whom the pleading is against were selected. Re-file the pleading using the event type Amended Complaint found under the event list Complaints and Other Initiating Documents - attach the correct signed PDF - select the individually named filer/filers - select the individually named party/parties the pleading is against. (gp)
March 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Deadlines: Amended Pleadings due by 3/28/2022. (jca)
March 17, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER granting #23 Motion for Sara Barry Kuebel to Appear Pro Hac Vice (HEREBY ORDERED by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil)(Text Only Order) (rz)
March 17, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ORDER granting #22 Motion for Luis Etienne Balart to Appear Pro Hac Vice (HEREBY ORDERED by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil)(Text Only Order) (rz)
March 16, 2022 Opinion or Order >>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. #22 MOTION for Luis Etienne Balart to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-25863163. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. (bcu)
March 16, 2022 Opinion or Order >>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. #23 MOTION for Sara Barry Kuebel to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-25863897. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. (bcu)
March 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 23 MOTION for Sara Barry Kuebel to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-25863897. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. Document filed by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit, #2 Certificate of Good Standing, #3 Text of Proposed Order).(Kuebel, Sara)
March 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 22 MOTION for Luis Etienne Balart to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-25863163. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. Document filed by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Certificate of Good Standing, #2 Affidavit, #3 Text of Proposed Order).(Balart, L.)
March 7, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 21 ORDER: As such, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint on or before March 21, 2022. Defendants' failure to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint by March 21, 2022, may result in the entry of default judgment. SO ORDERED. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc. answer due 3/21/2022; Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc. answer due 3/21/2022. (Signed by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on 3/7/2022) (tg)
February 16, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ORDER granting #19 Motion for James A Marissen to Appear Pro Hac Vice (HEREBY ORDERED by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil)(Text Only Order) (rz)
February 15, 2022 Opinion or Order >>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. #19 MOTION for James A. Marissen to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-25721666. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. (aea)
February 11, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 19 MOTION for James A. Marissen to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-25721666. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. Document filed by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of James A. Marissen iso Mtn for Admission PHV, #2 Exhibit A - Certificate of Good Standing NY, #3 Exhibit B - Certificates of Good Standing - CA Supreme Court and CA State Bar, #4 Text of Proposed Order).(Marissen, James)
February 8, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 18 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Mark A. Beckman on behalf of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc., Mediterranean Shi[pping Company (USA) Inc...(Beckman, Mark)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 17 CASE TRANSFERRED IN from the United States District Court - District of Louisiana Eastern; Case Number: 2:21-cv-01552. Original file certified copy of transfer order and docket entries received. (sjo)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE - TRANSFER CASE: This case is assigned to: Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district-judges. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions. (sjo)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order NOTE TO OUT OF STATE ATTORNEYS: Please visit the Court's website at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/ for information regarding admission to the S.D.N.Y. Bar and the CM/ECF Rules & Filing Instructions. (sjo)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Magistrate Judge Debra C. Freeman is so designated. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf. (sjo)
February 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Case Designated ECF. (sjo)
February 3, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 16 ORDER AND REASONS: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the #8 Motion to Transfer Venue filed by defendant, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), Inc., is GRANTED, and this matter is hereby TRANSFERRED to the Southern District of New York. Signed by Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on 2/2/2022.(cwa) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
January 18, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 15 REPLY to Response to Motion filed by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company USA, Inc. re #8 MOTION to Transfer Venue Pursuant to the Contractual Forum Selection Clause. (cwa) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
January 18, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER granting #13 Motion for Leave to File Reply Memorandum, R. Doc. 8. Signed by Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on 1/18/2022. (cwa) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
January 12, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 13 EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION for Leave to File Reply R. Doc. 8 filed by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company USA, Inc.(Stastny, Steven) (Main Document 13 replaced on 1/13/2022) (cwa). (Additional attachment(s) added on 1/13/2022: #1 Proposed Order, #2 Proposed Pleading) (cwa). Modified text/event on 1/13/2022 (cwa). Modified text on 1/16/2022 (sbs). [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
January 4, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 12 RESPONSE/MEMORANDUM in Opposition filed by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC re #8 MOTION to Transfer Venue Pursuant to the Contractual Forum Selection Clause. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Balart, Etienne) Modified text on 1/5/2022 (sbs). [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
December 13, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 11 NOTICE of Change of Address by Brian J. Comarda on behalf of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company USA, Inc. (Comarda, Brian) Modified text on 12/14/2021 (cwa). [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
December 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), Inc. ("MSC") submission date for its #8 Motion to Transfer Venue Pursuant to the Contractual Forum Selection Clause currently set for December 15, 2021, be and is hereby rescheduled for January 12, 2022, the Court's next available submission date. Signed by Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on 12/6/2021.(cwa) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
December 6, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 9 EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Continue the Submission Date of Defendant's Motion to Transfer Venue, R. Doc. 8 by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Balart, Etienne) Modified text on 12/7/2021 (cwa). [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
November 23, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 8 MOTION to Transfer Venue Pursuant to the Contractual Forum Selection Clause by All Defendants. Motion(s) will be submitted on 12/15/2021. (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Request for Judicial Notice, #3 Exhibit A, #4 Notice of Submission, #5 Proposed Order).(Stastny, Steven) Modified text/submission date on 11/24/2021 (cwa). Modified text on 11/29/2021 (sbs). [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
November 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER granting #6 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer re #1 Complaint as to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company USA, Inc. answer due 11/23/2021. Signed by Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on 11/3/2021. (cwa) Modified text, added link on 11/9/2021 (sbs). [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
November 2, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 6 EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION for Extension of Time to Answer re #1 Complaint, by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company USA, Inc. (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Proposed Order)(Stastny, Steven) Modified text on 11/2/2021 (cwa). Modified text, added link on 11/9/2021 (sbs). [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
October 13, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ORDER granting #4 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer as to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company USA, Inc. answer due 11/2/2021. Signed by Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on 10/13/2021. (cwa) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
October 12, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 4 EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION for Extension of Time to Answer by Mediterranean Shipping Company USA Inc. (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Proposed Order)Attorney Steven M. Stastny added to party Mediterranean Shipping Company USA Inc.(pty:dft).(Stastny, Steven) Modified text on 10/13/2021 (cwa). [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
August 18, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 3 Summons Issued as to Mediterranean Shipping Company USA Inc. (sbs) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
August 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 2 Initial Case Assignment to Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon and Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld. (aj) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]
August 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Mediterranean Shipping Company USA Inc. (Filing fee $402 receipt number ALAEDC-8995413) filed by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet) Attorney Etienne Balart added to party Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC(pty:pla).(Balart, Etienne) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 2/4/2022.]

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