Legal Opinion
Stephan Bechuck v. Home Depot USA, Incorporated, e
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 16, 2016No. 15-20219PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Stephan Bechuck appeals an order dismissing, without prejudice, Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. (“Home Depot”), and Advantage Sales & Marketing, L.L.C. (“ASM”) and requiring that any suits that Bechuck refiles against those parties be brought in the same court. Bechuck contends that the district court lacked jurisdiction to attach the refiling restriction with respect to ASM because Bechuck had already voluntarily dismissed ASM under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(l)(A)(i). Bechuck further claims that the dismissal of Home Depot was in error and that the refiling…
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