BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. et al v. United States of America

Filing 29

ORDER granting 27 Motion to Stay as set forth in document. FURTHER ORDERED: The Call Docket for August 18, 2010 is cancelled. FURTHER ORDERED: The Clerk of Court mark this case closed for statistical purposes. Signed by Judge Carl Barbier on 8/3/2010. (mmm, )

BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. et al v. United States of America

Doc. 29

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-5024 SECTION J JUDGE BARBIER MAGISTRATE JUDGE JOSEPH C. WILKINSON, JR.

CONSENT ORDER EXTENDING STAY UPON CONSIDERATION of the January 17, 2008 Order Granting the United States' Motion for a Stay of All Cases Apart from Barge, Robinson, and the Levee and MRGO Master Class Action Cases, entered in this docket on March 11, 2009 [Document 23-4]; and UPON CONSIDERATION of the fact that, on May 7, 2010, this case was deconsolidated from In re Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation (E.D. La. Civ. Action No. 05-4182) and reassigned to this Section based upon the sua sponte disqualification of Judge Duval, based upon his financial interest in AT&T Inc., the parent company of the Plaintiffs in this matter [Documents 24 and 25]; and IT APPEARING that the Plaintiffs and the United States agree that the aforementioned stay should remain in effect until completion of appellate proceedings before the Fifth Circuit in In re: Katrina Canal Breaches (5th Cir. No. 10-30249), including Supreme Court review of that court's decision, if any; it is hereby ORDERED that the above-captioned matter be removed from the Court's Call Docket for August 18, 2010; and it is further

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ORDERED that the aforementioned stay will remain in effect until the completion of appellate proceedings in In re: Katrina Canal Breaches, including any Supreme Court review of the Fifth Circuit's decision; and it is further ORDERED thatathe Clerk of Court mark this case as closed for statistical purposes. Hello This is Test

3rd August New Orleans, Louisiana, this _____ day of _______, 2010.

____________________________ Honorable Carl Barbier United States District Judge

Seen and Agreed: _/s/ Robin D. Smith_________________ Robin D. Smith U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division P.O. Box 888, Benjamin Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Counsel for Defendant July 27, 2010 __/s/ Mark A. Mintz_________________ Mark A. Mintz Jones Walker 201 St. Charles Ave. Suite 5100 New Orleans, LA 70170-5100 Counsel for Plaintiffs July 27, 2010

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