In re River Construction Inc., as Owner and operator of the RC-100 for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT 	§
OF RIVER CONSTRUCTION INC. AS 	§
OWNER AND OEPRATIOR OF THE RC-100 	§
FOR EXONERATION FROM OR 	§ 	CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:22-CV-02413
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 	§
§
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
Pending before this Court in the above-referenced proceeding is BWC Terminals LLC f/k/a
Contanda Terminals, LLC' s ("Contanda") Motion for Leave to File First Amended Answer and Claim
(Doc. No. 111). The Memorandum and Recommendation completed by Magistrate Judge Richard
Bennett recommends that this Court deny the Motion for Leave. (Doc. No. 116). Contanda filed timely
objections to the Memorandum and Recommendation. (Doc. No. 119).
The Court has carefully reviewed, de novo, the filings, the applicable law, Magistrate Judge
Bennett's Memorandum and Recommendation, and the objections thereto, and agrees with the
conclusion that Contanda's Motion for Leave (Doc. No. 111) should be denied. Accordingly, it is
hereby ordered that Contanda's Objections to the Memorandum and Recommendation (Doc. No. 119)
are OVERRULED, the Memorandum and Recommendation is (Doc. No. 116) is ADOPTED, and
Contanda's Motion for Leave (Doc. No. 111) is DENIED.
The Parties are further ordered to file an amended scheduling order by July 1, 2026 that will
take this case to conclusion.
It is so ordered.
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Signed on this the _I_ day of June 2026.
~\L_Andrew S. Hanen
United States District Judge
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
June 01, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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