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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 15-11766

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D.C. Docket No. 1:15-cv-20240-JLK

FRANCIS D’CRUZ,

 Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

NCL (BAHAMAS), LTD.,

 Defendant-Appellee.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Florida

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(August 29, 2016)

Before WILLIAM PRYOR and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and STORY,

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District Judge.

PER CURIAM: 

 * Honorable Richard W. Story, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 

sitting by designation.

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The only issue in this appeal is whether a seaman’s work in international 

waters on a cruise ship that calls on foreign ports constitutes “performance . . . 

abroad” under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement 

of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 9 U.S.C. § 202. That issue is controlled by recent

binding precedent. See Alberts v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., No. 15-14775 

(11th Cir. Aug. 23, 2016). We held in Alberts that “performance abroad includes a 

seaman’s work traveling to or from a foreign country.” Id. at 4. D’Cruz’s contract 

envisioned performance abroad because he worked on a cruise ship that traveled in 

international waters to ports in Honduras, Belize, and Mexico. Because his contract 

envisaged performance abroad, the arbitration clause is enforceable under the 

Convention. See id. at 7. 

We AFFIRM the order compelling arbitration.

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