The District Court granted the motion for judgment on the pleadings concerning the confirmation of an award rendered in London. The Court noted that MSC did not seek to oppose confirmation on one of the seven enumerated defenses in the New York Convention, but rather requested that the Court exercise its inherent control of its docket to stay proceedings until a related action pending in the United Kingdom is complete. Because MSC did not raise a valid defense to confirmation, the Court must confirm the award. (This decision was reversed by the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on 29 January 2024 on grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction over MSC.)