Donovan Middleton v. Complete Nutrition Franchising
Donovan Middleton v. Complete Nutrition Franchising
Opinion
United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________
No. 19-2886 ___________________________
Donovan Middleton; Harvester Nutrition, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants
v.
Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings, LLC; CR Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ___________________________
No. 19-2887 ___________________________
Herman Hourie; Nutrition Castle, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants
v.
Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings, LLC; CR Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ___________________________
No. 19-2888 ___________________________ Edgar Rojas; Christina Soares
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants
v.
Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings, LLC; CR Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ___________________________
No. 19-2889 ___________________________
Bright Future Holdings, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings, LLC; CR Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ___________________________
No. 19-2890 ___________________________
Vivify, Inc.
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
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Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings, LLC; CR Holdings, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ___________________________
No. 19-2891 ___________________________
Warrior Fitness & Nutrition, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings, LLC; CR Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ___________________________
No. 19-2893 ___________________________
Katherina Jerak
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings, LLC; CR Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings, LLC
-3- lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ___________________________
No. 19-2894 ___________________________
M.G. Nutrition, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings, LLC; CR Holdings, LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________
Appeals from United States District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha ____________
Submitted: June 19, 2020 Filed: June 24, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________
Before ERICKSON, WOLLMAN, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________
PER CURIAM.
-4- In these consolidated appeals, 11 franchisees of the Complete Nutrition franchising system appeal the district court’s1 dismissal of their identical diversity actions raising claims under Nebraska state law. Following a careful review, we conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing the case, see Plymouth Cty. v. Merscorp, Inc., 774 F.3d 1155, 1158 (8th Cir. 2014) (de novo review of dismissal for failure to state a claim); and did not abuse its discretion in denying post-judgment leave to amend, see United States v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, 752 F.3d 737, 743 (8th Cir. 2014) (denial of leave to amend is reviewed for abuse of discretion; district court has considerable discretion to deny post-judgment motion for leave to amend because such motions are disfavored). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________
1 The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.
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Reference
- Status
- Unpublished