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

Filing 277

RESPONSE/MEMORANDUM in Opposition filed by All Defendants re 276 MOTION Entry of Final Judgment. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibit B)(Piropato, Marissa)

EXHIBIT A

Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar, Civ. Action. No. 10-1663(F)(2)

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.

(PROPOSED) FINAL JUDGMENT
The Court, having considered Plaintiffs’ Motion for Entry of Final Judgment pursuant to
Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the entire record in this matter, as well as the
Court’s prior two Orders dated February 2, 2011 (Rec. Doc. 226) and June 23, 2011 (Rec. Doc.
275), revising and adopting as revised the Findings and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge
Wilkinson (Rec. Doc. 265), hereby renders and enters Final Judgment against Defendants and in
favor of Plaintiffs as follows:
1.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Defendants,

Kenneth Lee “Ken” Salazar, in his official capacity as Secretary, United States Department of
Interior, United States Department of Interior, Michael Bromwich, in his official capacity as

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Director, Mineral Management Services (now known as the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management Regulation and Enforcement (“BOEMRE”), and Mineral Management Services
(now known as BOEMRE) were in civil contempt of this Court’s Order of Preliminary
Injunction (Rec. Doc. 68);
2.

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that

Defendants, Kenneth Lee “Ken” Salazar, in his official capacity as Secretary, United States
Department of Interior, United States Department of Interior, Michael Bromwich, in his official
capacity as Director, Mineral Management Services (now known as BOEMRE), and Mineral
Management Services (now known as BOEMRE) must reimburse Plaintiffs for their losses
arising from Defendants’ civil contempt, and Plaintiffs are awarded $528,801.18 in reasonable
attorney’s fees and $444.33 for costs;
3.

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that

Plaintiffs’ taxable costs of court as calculated by the Clerk of Court are assessed against
Defendants. Defendants shall bear their own taxable costs of court; and
4.

IT IS FINALLY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that, except to the

extent the Court grants relief by this Final Judgment, all remaining claims between the parties are
dismissed with prejudice.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this _______ day of March 011.

___________________________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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