Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. v. Salazar et al

Filing 272

EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Seal by Michael Bromwich, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, Kenneth Lee Salazar, United States Department of the Interior. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Proposed Order)(Piropato, Marissa) (Additional attachment(s) added on 6/15/2011: # 3 Notice of Manual Attachment Proposed Pleading) (caa, ).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES,
LLC, et al.
Plaintiffs,
and

CIVIL ACTION No. 10-1663(F)(2)
SECTION F

DIAMOND OFFSHORE COMPANY,
JUDGE FELDMAN
Plaintiff-Intervenors,
MAGISTRATE 2
MAGISTRATE WILKINSON

v.
THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY, et al.,
Defendant-Intervenors,
and
KENNETH LEE "KEN" SALAZAR, et al,
Defendants.

CONSENT MOTION TO FILE EXHIBITS UNDER SEAL
Defendants, Kenneth Lee Salazar, the United States Department of the Interior, Robert
Abbey, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
(“Defendants”) hereby file this motion to file under seal exhibits in support of Defendants’
Objections to Magistrates’ Findings and Recommendation on Quantum of Attorney’s Fees and
Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Objections. Defendants have conferred with Plaintiffs who
do not object to the relief sought herein.
Plaintiffs filed the billings records of Jones Walker and Venable under seal as an
appendix to their Motion to Set the Amount of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs (Dkt. #233).
Defendants’ supporting exhibits contain excerpts of those billing records. Given that Plaintiffs
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filed the billings records of Jones Walker and Venable under seal, Defendants respectfully
request to file their supporting exhibits containing excerpts of those billings records under seal.
WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request that this Court grant their Consent
Motion to File Exhibits Under Seal.
Respectfully submitted this 15th day of June, 2011.
IGNACIA S. MORENO
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Env’t & Nat. Resources Div.
/s/ Marissa Piropato
GUILLERMO A. MONTERO (T.A.)
BRIAN COLLINS
KRISTOFOR SWANSON
MARISSA PIROPATO
Natural Resources Section
PO Box 663
Washington, DC 20016
Tel: [phone]
PETER MANSFIELD
Assistant United States Attorney
Eastern District of Louisiana
Hale Boggs Federal Building
500 Poydras Street, Suite B-210
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Tel: [phone]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on June 15, 2011, I caused a copy of the foregoing and its
attachments to be served through the Court’s CM/ECF System to all parties.
/s/ 
Marissa Piropato

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