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Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION

IN RE: 23’ TRITOON PONTOON BOAT SEA BREEZE ’35;232

SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS Case No: 2:19-cv-80-SPC-MRM LLC, SNOOK BIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC, ST SNOOK BIGHT, LLC, SNOOK BIGHT SMI OPCO, LLC and SMI TRS OPCO, LLC, as owners

Petitioners, ____________________________________/

ORDER1 Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Agreed Motion to Globally Dismiss Suntex Marina Investors LLC’s Limitation of Liability Proceeding. (Doc. 124). This suit is about injuries that Emily Irvine suffered while on a boat owned by Limitation Petitioner Suntex Marina Investors, LLC (and its wholly owned subsidiaries and related entities).2 Suntex and Irvine are the only remaining parties, and they have agreed to dismiss the action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a).

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2 The relevant subsidiaries and entities are Snook Bight Holdings, LLC, St Nook Bight, LLC, Snook Bight SMI Opco, LLC, and SMI TRS OPCO, LLC. Under Rule 41, a court may dismiss an action at the plaintiff’s request on terms the court considers proper. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2). A court has broad

discretion in considering such a dismissal. See Pontenberg v. Boston Scientific Corp., 252 F.3d 1253, 1255 (11th Cir. 2001) (citation omitted). “[I]n most cases, a [voluntary] dismissal should be granted unless the defendant will suffer clear legal prejudice, other than the mere prospect of a subsequent lawsuit, as a

result.” McCants v. Ford Motor Co., Inc., 781 F.2d 855, 856-57 (11th Cir. 1986) (emphasis in original and citations omitted). All parties to all aspects of this action have “agreed to amicably and confidentially settle and resolve all aspects of this dispute.” (Doc. 124 at 3).

They thus ask the Court to dismiss this entire limitation proceeding with prejudice. After review of the record and applicable law, the Court finds good cause to dismiss this action with prejudice. Accordingly, it is now

ORDERED: 1. The Joint Agreed Motion to Globally Dismiss Suntex Marina Investor, LLC’s Limitation of Liability Proceeding (Doc. 124) is GRANTED. 2. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter judgment, deny all pending

motions as moot, terminate all deadlines, and close the case. DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this on July 2, 2021.

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