Inland Dredging v. Sanchez

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Ricardo Sanchez appeals an injunction preventing him from proceeding with his Jones Act suit in a different federal court after the shipowner filed a limitation of liability action in this federal court and obtained the injunction. We vacate the injunction.

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Ricardo Sanchez claims that he suffered injury while working as a seaman aboard the M/V MS. PAULA, a vessel owned by Inland Dredging Company, LLC (“Inland Dredging”). Aware of Sanchez’s claim, Inland Dredging filed a petition for limitation of liability under the Limitation of Liability Act (the “Act” or “Limitation…