Donovan Middleton v. Complete Nutrition Franchising

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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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