Munchez Nurse v. HESS CORPORATION et al
DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. CROIX BARBARA A. MUNCHEZ NURSE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 2020-0061 ) HESS CORPORATION, HESS OIL ) VIRGIN ISLANDS OIL CORP., and ) GLENCORE, LTD. ) ) Defendants. ) ________________________________________________) Attorneys: J. Russell B. Pate, Esq., St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Charles Jacob Gower, Esq., Korey A. Nelson, Esq., New Orleans, LA Warren T. Burns, Esq., Dallas, TX For Plaintiff Carl A. Beckstedt, III, Esq., Michael A. Rogers, Esq., St. Croix, U.S.V.I. Carolyn F. O’Connor, Esq., Joseph T. Hanlon, Esq., Florham Park, NJ For Defendants Hess Corporation and Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. Robert J. Kuczynski, Esq., St. Croix, U.S.V.I. For Defendant Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. Richard H. Hunter, Esq., St. Croix, U.S.V.I. Vadim Belinskiy, Esq., Daniel Gomez, Esq., Jacques Semmelman, Esq., New York, NY For Defendant Glencore, Ltd. …
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DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. CROIX BARBARA A. MUNCHEZ NURSE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 2020-0061 ) HESS CORPORATION, HESS OIL ) VIRGIN ISLANDS OIL CORP., and ) GLENCORE, LTD. ) ) Defendants. ) ________________________________________________) Attorneys: J. Russell B. Pate, Esq., St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Charles Jacob Gower, Esq., Korey A. Nelson, Esq., New Orleans, LA Warren T. Burns, Esq., Dallas, TX For Plaintiff Carl A. Beckstedt, III, Esq., Michael A. Rogers, Esq., St. Croix, U.S.V.I. Carolyn F. O’Connor, Esq., Joseph T. Hanlon, Esq., Florham Park, NJ For Defendants Hess Corporation and Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. Robert J. Kuczynski, Esq., St. Croix, U.S.V.I. For Defendant Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. Richard H. Hunter, Esq., St. Croix, U.S.V.I. Vadim Belinskiy, Esq., Daniel Gomez, Esq., Jacques Semmelman, Esq., New York, NY For Defendant Glencore, Ltd. Case: 1:20-cv-00061-WAL-EAH Document #: 109 Filed: 12/12/22 Page 1 of 3 2 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Lewis, District Judge THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the parties’ “Stipulation of Partial Stay Pending Resolution of Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand” (“Stipulation”) filed in McNamara v. Hess Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 2020-0060, Dkt. No. 102. In their Stipulation, the parties provided notice to the Court of their agreement that McNamara would serve as the lead action for 32 similar actions—including this action—which present the issue of whether Hess Oil New York Corp. (“HONYC”) was collusively joined, thereby depriving this Court of subject matter jurisdiction. Id. The parties also requested that the Court stay discovery, with two exceptions, in McNamara and the other actions until a ruling is issued on Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand in McNamara, in which the collusive joinder issue is raised. Id. The Magistrate Judge accepted the parties’ Stipulation. Id., Dkt. No. 103. The Court has now ruled on the Motion to Remand in McNamara, finding that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction because HONYC was collusively joined. Id., Dkt. Nos. 122, 123. The Court finds that this action presents analogous facts and circumstances to those in McNamara. Accordingly, for same reasons discussed in McNamara, the Court finds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction in the instant action and will remand this matter to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. UPON CONSIDERATION of the foregoing, and for the reasons set forth in the Court’s Memorandum Opinion entered in McNamara v. Hess Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 2020- 0060 (D.V.I. December 12, 2022) (Dkt. No. 123), it is hereby ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to REMAND the above-captioned matter to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands; and it is further Case: 1:20-cv-00061-WAL-EAH Document #: 109 Filed: 12/12/22 Page 2 of 3 3 ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to mark this case CLOSED. SO ORDERED. Date: December 12, 2022 ________/s/_________ WILMA A. LEWIS District Judge Case: 1:20-cv-00061-WAL-EAH Document #: 109 Filed: 12/12/22 Page 3 of 3