Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2020-06-24 16:00:21.82236+00
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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
                      ___________________________

                             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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       The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., United States District Judge for the
District of Nebraska.

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