# Opinion

> District Court, E.D. Louisiana · June 1, 2026

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11339223

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of Crosby Dredging, LLC, et al.
- **Court:** District Court, E.D. Louisiana
- **Decided:** June 1, 2026
- **Opinion:** 100trialcourt
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

IN THE MATTER OF CROSBY DREDGING, LLC, CIVIL ACTION
ET AL.
NO. 25-1559
c/w 25-1560
SECTION: “G”(4)

ORDER AND REASONS

Before the Court are Alexander Yiannopoulos’s (“Yiannopoulos”) Motions for Leave to
File Briefs of Amicus Curiae.1 In the motions, Yiannopoulos seeks leave to file amicus briefs2 in
these consolidated declaratory judgment and limitation of liability actions filed by
Plaintiff/Petitioner Crosby Dredging, LLC (“Crosby Dredging”).3 Yiannopoulos’s proposed
amicus briefs offer “four observations for the Court’s consideration in the course of the continued
administration of” the limitation of liability action4 and develop five grounds allegedly “sufficient
for dismissal [of the declaratory judgment action] under Brillhart/Wilton.”5
On July 29, 2025, Crosby Dredging filed a limitation of liability action, Case No. 25-1559,
In the Matter of Crosby Tugs, LLC, et al., and a declaratory judgment action Case No. 25-1560,
Crosby Dredging, LLC v. Sarradet.6 On March 24, 2026, the Court granted the parties’ Joint

1 Rec. Docs. 20, 22.
2 Rec. Docs. 20-1, 22-1, 22-2.
3 Rec. Docs. 20, 22.
4 Rec. Doc. 20-1 at 8.
5 Rec. Doc. 22-1 at 18 (citing Brillhart v. Excess Ins. Co. of Am., 316 U.S. 491, 494–95 (1942); Wilton v.
Seven Falls Co., 515 U.S. 277, 287 (1995)).
6 Rec. Doc. 1; Case No. 25-1560 (Rec. Doc. 1).
Motion to Consolidate the cases.’ On March 25, 2026, the Court stayed and administratively closed
the cases pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(a), due to a pending bankruptcy proceeding filed by Crosby
Dredging.®
“The privilege of being heard amicus rests solely within the discretion of the court.”? The
Fifth Circuit has noted that “[w]hether to permit a nonparty to submit a brief, as amicus curiae, is,
with immaterial exceptions, a matter of judicial grace.”!° Having reviewed the amicus briefs, the
Court finds they would be neither useful nor helpful to the Court in the administration of this
matter, especially considering that these consolidated cases are presently stayed and
administratively closed. Yiannopoulos has no standing to open this closed case. Therefore, the
Court denies the Yiannopoulos’s motions for leave to file amicus briefs. Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Yiannopoulos’s Motions for Leave to File Briefs of
Amicus Curiae'! are DENIED.
Ist
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, this day of June, 2026.

NANNETTE J 2 2 TE BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

7 Case No. 25-1560 (Rec. Docs. 9, 10).
® Rec. Doc. 18.
° United States v. Davis, 180 F. Supp. 2d 797, 800 (E.D. La. 2001) (Berrigan, J.), writ granted, cause
remanded, 285 F.3d 378 (Sth Cir. 2002).
10 In re Halo Wireless, Inc., 684 F.3d 581, 596 (Sth Cir. 2012) (quoting Nat’! Org. for Women, Inc. v.
Scheidler, 223 F.3d 615, 616 (7th Cir. 2000)).
'l Rec. Docs. 20, 22.

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