Ortega v. Seaboard Marine Ltd.

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT PATT MANFIELD & COMPANY, LTD.’S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION

KENT, District Judge.

This case arises out of the death of Carlos Castro Ortega (“Ortega”) while being deported to Columbia on the M/V SEABOARD EAGLE. Now before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction by Patt Manfield & Company, Ltd. (“Patt Manfield”). For the following reasons, Patt Manfield’s Motion is respectfully DENIED.

I. Background'

Ortega, a Columbian citizen, boarded the MTV SEABOARD EAGLE in Venezuela as a stowaway. When the vessel docked in Houston,…