Crystallex International Corporation v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Filing 132

MEMORANDUM ORDER Staying the action and cancelling the December 20, 2018 hearing. Signed by Judge Leonard P. Stark on 11/30/18. (ntl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
CRYSTALLEX INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
C.A. No. 17-mc-151-LPS

V.

BO LIV ARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA,
Defendant.
CRYSTALLEX INTERNATIONAL CORP.,
Plaintiff,
C.A. No. 15-cv-1082-LPS

V.

PDV HOLDING INC. ,
Defendant.
CRYSTALLEX INTERNATIONAL CORP.,
Plaintiff,
C.A. No. 16-cv-1007-LPS

V.

PDV HOLDING INC. ,
Defendant.
CONOCOPHILLIPS PETROZUATA B.V., et al.,
Plaintiffs,
C.A. No. 16-cv-904-LPS

V.

PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA S.A., et al. ,
Defendants.

CONOCOPHILLIPS PETROZUATA B.V., et al. ,
Plaintiffs,
C.A. No. 17-cv-28-LPS

V.

PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA S.A. , et al. ,
Defendants.

MEMORANDUM ORDER
At Wilmington, this 30 th day of November, 2018:
Having reviewed the letters filed this week in the Crystallex Asset Proceeding, Crystallex

I, and Crystallex II (No. 17-mc-151 D.I. 130, 131 ; C.A. No. 15-1082 D.I. 112, 113; C.A. No. 161007 D.I. 66, 67), as well as the August 24, 2018 joint status reports filed in Crystallex I,

Crystallex II, ConocoPhillips I, and ConocoPhillips II(C.A. No. 15-1082 D.I. 110; C.A. No. 161007 D.I. 64; C.A. No. 16-904 D.I. 63; C.A. No. 17-28 D.I. 59),
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1.

The Crystallex Asset Proceeding (No. 17-mc-151) is STAYED until the later of

(i) January 10, 2019 or (ii) the Third Circuit' s disposition of the petition for writ of mandamus
and the consolidated appeals.
2.

The parties involved in the Crystallex Asset Proceeding shall submit a joint status

report no later than the later of (ii) January 24, 2019 or (ii) fourteen (14) days after the Third
Circuit's disposition referenced in paragraph 1 above. The parties shall use their best efforts to
serve a copy of their status report(s) on the parties to the four related cases (C.A. Nos. 15-1082,
16-1007, 16-904, 17-28) ("Related Cases").

3.

The Related Cases shall remain STAYED until the Court lifts the stay in the

Crystallex Asset Proceeding or enters some other order lifting the stay in one or more of the
Related Cases.
4.

The parties in the Related Cases shall submit one or more joint status reports no

later than seven (7) days after the filing of any joint status report filed in the Crystallex Asset

Proceeding as ordered in paragraph 2 above.

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5.

All obligations to file a status report today, November 30, 2018, are VACATED.

6.

The hearing scheduled for December 20, 2018 is

UNITED S ATES DISTRICT JUDGE