Donovan Middleton; Harvester Nutrition, LLC v. Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 19-2886
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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
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No. 19-2887
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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
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No. 19-2888
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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
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No. 19-2889
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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
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No. 19-2890
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Vivify, Inc.
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
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v.
Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC; Complete Nutrition Franchise Holdings,
LLC; Dominus Health Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Dominus Health Holdings,
LLC; CR Holdings, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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No. 19-2891
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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
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No. 19-2893
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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
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lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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No. 19-2894
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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
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Appeals from United States District Court
for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
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Submitted: June 19, 2020
Filed: June 24, 2020
[Unpublished]
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Before ERICKSON, WOLLMAN, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
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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.
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1The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., United States District Judge for the
District of Nebraska.
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