Gregoire et al v. Transocean, Ltd.

Filing 27

MOTION to Consolidate Cases Pursuant to Local Rules 3.1 & 3.1.1E by William D. Gregoire. Motion Hearing set for 6/30/2010 09:30 AM before Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of Hearing, # 2 Memorandum in Support, # 3 Proposed Order re Consolidation)(Cullens, J.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WILLIAM D. GREGOIRE, VERONICA G. STELLY AND TOBY J. STELLY versus * TRANSOCEAN, LTD., TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING, et al. * JUDGE KURT D. ENGELHARDT MAG.: ALMA L. CHASEZ * * CIVIL ACTION 2:10-CV-01351

ORDER It appears from the record that the above-captioned case involves subject matter that comprises a material part of the subject matter of Troy Wetzel, et al. v. Transocean, Ltd., et al., Civil Action No. 10-1122 "J"(5). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the above-captioned case is hereby CONSOLIDATED with Civil Action No. 10-1122 "J" (5), which shall be the master/lead case pursuant to Local Rule 10.2E. Pursuant to the Court's directive, all pleadings hereafter filed in this consolidated proceeding shall bar the caption of the lead consolidated case together with the docket number of all cases within the consolidation to which the document applies or the notation "ALL CASES' if it applies to all cases. The Clerk of Court is directed to establish a master file and a master docket sheet for the consolidated group of cases. All entries shall be made on the master docket sheet only, with a notation listing the cases to which the document applies, except that orders and documents terminating a party or disposing of a case will also be entered on the individual document sheet. All documents shall

be filed in the master file only, except that orders and documents terminating a party or disposing of a case will also be filed in the record of the individual case. In the event that a case is separated from the consolidated group it shall be the responsibility of counsel to jointly designate the documents necessary to the continued litigation of the case and to file such designation and copies of the documents with the Clerk of Court within five (5) days of the deconsolidation order. New Orleans, Louisiana, this ____ day of June, 2010.

_______________________________________________ KURT D. ENGELHARDT UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE