Legal Opinion
Sangha v. Navig8 Shipmanagement Private Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 5, 2018No. 17-20093PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarl E. Stewart, Chief Judge
Plaintiff-Appellant Captain Manjit Sangha ("Cpt. Sangha") challenges both the district court's grant of Defendant-Appellee Navig8 Ship Management Private Limited's ("Navig8") motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and for forum non conveniens , and the denial of his motion to remand. We conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing Cpt. Sangha's claims and therefore AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
Beginning in June 2009, Cpt. Sangha worked as a mooring master for Navig8 aboard the M/V Miss Claudia ("Miss Claudia") in the Gulf of Mexico. In October 2015, while Cpt. Sangha was…
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