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

Filing 280

JUDGMENT entered in favor of Plas & against Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, & Enforcement, United States Department of the Interior, Kenneth Lee Salazar, Michael Bromwich. ORDERED, ADJUDGED & DECREED, that Dfts were in civil contempt of this Courts Order of Prelim Inj. FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED & DECREED, that Dfts must reimburse Plas for their losses arising from Dfts civil contempt, & Plas are awarded $528,801.18 in reasonable attorneys fees & $444.33 for costs; FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED & DECREED, that Plas taxable costs of court as calculated by the Clerk of Court are assessed against Dfts. Dfts shall bear their own taxable costs of court; & FINALLY ORDERED, ADJUDGED & DECREED that, except to the extent the Court grants relief by this Final Judgment, all remaining claims between the parties are dismissed with prejudice. Signed by Judge Martin L.C. Feldman on 8/3/2011.(caa, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, LLC,
ET AL

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 10-1663

KENNETH LEE SALAZAR, ET AL

SECTION “F”
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 and June 23, 2011, revising
and

adopting

as

revised

the

June

1,

2011

Findings

and

Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Wilkinson, 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 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, August 3, 2011.

____________________________
MARTIN L. C. FELDMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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