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Case of the Day: In re Gonzalez
The Eleventh Circuit dismisses an appeal from a magistrate judge’s decision on a motion to compel on finality grounds. Continue Reading Case of the Day: In re Gonzalez
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Case of the Day: In re Campuzano
The case of the day is In re Campuzano-Treviño (D. Md. 2022). Manuel Campuzano-Treviño, a Mexican national, was the president and CEO of Universidad Tecnológica de México. The University was owned by Laureate Education, Inc., a Delaware company with its offices in Miami, but formerly with offices in Baltimore. Campuzano sued the University and Laureate……
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Case of the Day: In re JR
The case of the day is In re JR (Tex. Ct. App. 2019). The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services sought to terminate the parental rights of a father over his child in Texas. The father resided in Mexico. His address was unknown, so the court authorized “service by posting,” which is what Texas……
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Case of the Day: Navarro v. Tufesa USA
The case of the day is Navarro v. Tufesa USA LLC (D. Utah 2019). Plasida Navarro, a Mexican national residing in Utah (it brought an action in the Utah state courts aganst Tufesa, an LLC with its principal place of business in Arizona and a “John Doe” defendant, whose citizenship was unknown. Tufesa filed a……
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Case of the Day: Wright v. Old Gringo
The case of the day is Wright v. Old Gringo Inc. (S.D. Cal. 2018). The plaintiff wanted to serve process on the defendant in Mexico and brought a motion to appoint a particular “vendor” as “international process server.” “Plaintiff has diligently explored all service options,” the plaintiff’s motion intoned, “and determined that the only manner……