Golden Eye 2000, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN THE MATTER OF GOLDEN EYE Case No. 19-cv-03402-HSG 2000, LLC ORDER DIRECTING THE PARTIES
TO FILE A REVISED STIPULATION
? AND PROPOSED ORDER 10 11 On November 1, 2019, the Court issued an order granting Plaintiff-in-Limitation’s motion || for default judgment and the parties’ joint stipulation to remand and stay the case. Dkt. No. 22. || The Supreme Court has held that a district court in its discretion may dismiss a Limitation Act || proceeding so that the parties can pursue the claims in state court, so long as the district court is a 16 || satisfied that “a vessel owner’s right to seek limitation will be protected.” Lewis v. Lewis & Clark || Marine, Inc., 531 U.S. 438, 454 (2001). The Court held that because there was only a single 18 || claimant in this action, and because the parties made the necessary stipulations, the case could 19 || proceed in state court. Dkt. No. 22 at 3-4. …