Singleton v. Searail Industries, Inc.

ORDER

HOWARD, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on a motion to dismiss filed by defendants Searail Industries and Baldwin Warehouses, Inc. (“movants”). Movants urge that this Court has no subject matter jurisdiction over this action. Alternatively, movants argue that the only possible basis of subject matter jurisdiction over them derives from the principle of pendent party jurisdiction, which they contend does not apply in the circumstances of this case.

I. SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

This action was originally filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Customs officers…