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Case Name	Meganathan v. Signal International, LLC	IM-TX-0037
Docket / Court	1:13-cv-00497 ( E.D. Tex. )
State/Territory	Texas
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment Immigration and/or the Border
Special Collection	Signal International Guest Worker Cases
Attorney Organization	Southern Poverty Law Center
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Discrimination-area

Discipline

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)

Pay / Benefits

Discrimination-basis

Immigration status

National origin discrimination

Race discrimination

General

Bathing and hygiene

Disparate Treatment

Fines/Fees/Bail/Bond

Food service / nutrition / hydration

Housing

Loss or damage to property

Racial segregation

Sanitation / living conditions

Totality of conditions

Immigration/Border

Employer sanctions

Employment

Immigration lawyers

Temporary foreign workers program

U.S. citizenship - acquiring

National Origin/Ethnicity

Indian

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Race

Asian/Pacific Islander

Type of Facility

Non-government for profit

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1981
42 U.S.C. § 1985
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq.
State law
Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), 18 U.S.C. § 1589

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Dewan Consultants Global Resources, Inc. Gulf Coast Immigration Law Center Law Offices of Malvern C. Burnett Malvern C. Burnett Michael Pol Sachin Dewan Signal International, Inc.
Plaintiff Description	4 Indian guestworkers fraudulently recruited to work in the U.S.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Southern Poverty Law Center
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Damages
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement
Filing Year	2013
Case Ongoing	Yes

Related Cases

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Case Listing	IM-LA-0010 : David v. Signal International, LLC (E.D. La.) IM-LA-0011 : Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Signal International, LLC (E.D. La.) IM-LA-0012 : Achari v. Signal International, LLC (E.D. La.)

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Documents

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Docket(s)

1:13-cv-00497-MAC-ZJH (E.D. Tex.)
IM-TX-0037-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/29/2016
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] IM-TX-0037-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/07/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Report and Recommendations of United States Magistrate Judge [ECF# 38] (2014 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 126737) IM-TX-0037-0002.pdf \| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 07/03/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Denying Defendants Motion to Transfer [ECF# 44] (E.D. Tex.) IM-TX-0037-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/16/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Report and Recommendation Denying Defendant Signal's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 16) [ECF# 47] (2014 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 126779) IM-TX-0037-0004.pdf \| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 07/29/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Report and Recommendation Denying the Burnett Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 11) [ECF# 49] (2014 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 126780) IM-TX-0037-0005.pdf \| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 07/31/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Severing and Transferring Signal's Cross-Claims to the Eastern District of Louisiana [ECF# 102] (E.D. Tex.) IM-TX-0037-0007.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/17/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum and Order on the Parties' Motions to Exclude Expert Testimony [ECF# 103] (2015 WL 11109846) (E.D. Tex.) IM-TX-0037-0008.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 06/26/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Plan Support Agreement [ECF# 279-1] IM-TX-0037-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/01/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Status Report [ECF# 109] IM-TX-0037-0009.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/08/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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Judges	Crone, Marcia A. (S.D. Tex., E.D. Tex.) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-9000 Hawthorn, Zack (E.D. Tex.) [Magistrate] show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0002 \| IM-TX-0037-0003 \| IM-TX-0037-0004 \| IM-TX-0037-0005 \| IM-TX-0037-0007 \| IM-TX-0037-0008 \| IM-TX-0037-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Birnbaum, Timothy H. (New York) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0001 \| IM-TX-0037-0006 \| IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Dodson, John Blake (New York) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0001 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Hynes, Michael D. (New York) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Sohn, Joshua Samuel (New York) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0001 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Solberg, Brett David (Texas) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Bollman, Patricia Anne F. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Cerniglia, Timothy W. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Cornblatt, James L. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Davis, Lauren Masur (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Hangartner, Erin Casey (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Hasenkampf, Mitchell P. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Herman, Jonathan Marc (Texas) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-9000 Keller, Robert Louis (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Maney, Kevin P. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-9000 Masur Davis, Lauren C. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-9000 Rabbani, Elham (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Roux, Brian C. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Rydberg, Lance R. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000 Sandler, Bradford J. (Delaware) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Ungar, Hal D. (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-9000 Weinberger, Alan Dean (Louisiana) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0009 \| IM-TX-0037-9000
Other Lawyers	Adams, Daniel D. (New York) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Arvelo, Jose E. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Coco, Nathan F. (Texas) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Colby, Eben P. (Massachusetts) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Dorris, William E. (Georgia) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Ford, Kara D. (Georgia) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Kinsella, Steven R. (Minnesota) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Mintz, Benjamin (New York) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Raptis, Stephen T. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Sabourian, Kayvon (Texas) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006 Werner, Daniel (Georgia) show/hide docs IM-TX-0037-0006

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