Summary Calendar ALEXANDER PERVYSHEV v. Inc Interorient Navigation Hamburg Gmbh & Co. Kg

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-20884
Summary Calendar
ALEXANDER PERVYSHEV
Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
INC INTERORIENT NAVIGATION HAMBURG GMBH & CO. KG
Defendant - Appellee
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas, Houston
4:07-CV-02770
Before STEWART, OWEN, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Alexander Pervyshev, a Russian citizen, signed an employment contract
in Russia with INC Hamburg, a German corporation. Pervyshev agreed to work
aboard the M/V Candock III, and Hamburg flew Pervyshev to Houston, Texas
to board the ship. Pervyshev was injured while cargo was being unloaded from
the Candock while docked at Barranquilla, Columbia. A Columbian company
was operating the crane offloading the cargo.
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
May 13, 2008
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk

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The district court dismissed Pervyshev’s claim on the basis that the court
lacked personal jurisdiction over INC Hamburg. The district court, in its well
stated Order and Judgment dated October 31, 2007, properly concluded that
personal jurisdiction did not exist over INC Hamburg. We AFFIRM.

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