U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has removed a discrimination complaint filed against Exxon Mobil Corp. and Mobil Oil Mariana Islands Inc.<\/p>\n
Manglona also struck on Monday Nicolas Guy Pohl\u2019s notice of voluntary dismissal of his complaint against Exxon Mobil.<\/p>\n
The judge dismissed Pohl\u2019s original complaint against Exxon Mobil with prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction. That means Pohl can no longer re-file the claim against Exxon Mobil.<\/p>\n
Manglona vacated the scheduled motion hearing for Oct. 19, 2017.<\/p>\n
Since Pohl\u2019s re-filed first amended complaint did not comply with the court\u2019s order, Manglona said the dismissal of Exxon Mobil without prejudice was automatically converted to a dismissal with prejudice on Sept. 8, 2017.<\/p>\n
Thus, the judge said, Exxon Mobil was dismissed with prejudice prior to the Sept. 12, 2017, notice of voluntary dismissal.<\/p>\n
Manglona said that Pohl\u2019s notice of dismissal therefore has no effect on the court\u2019s prior dismissal of Exxon Mobil with prejudice effective Sept. 8, 2017.<\/p>\n
The judge granted the defendants\u2019 motion to strike the notice of dismissal.<\/p>\n
In his original complaint, Pohl, through counsel Colin M. Thompson, sued Exxon Mobil, Mobil Oil Mariana Islands Inc., and five John Does, for discrimination based on race and national origin.<\/p>\n
Pohl wanted Mobil to pay him back pay with interest plus compensation and damages. He did not specify the amount he is demanding. <\/p>\n
Thompson said the defendants discriminated against Pohl by not hiring him for the position of field engineering technician and that Mobil hired a non-Caucasian, non-American for the job.<\/p>\n
Exxon then moved to dismiss the complaint. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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