U.S.A. v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc., et al

Filing 2

Notice of Related Case(s) by United States of America of related case(s) 10-2179. (Smith, Sharon)

United States of America v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc. et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT E A S T E R N DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA U N IT E D STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) B P EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION INC., ) A N A D A R K O EXPLORATION & ) P R O D U C T IO N LP, ANADARKO ) P E T R O L E U M CORPORATION, MOEX ) O F F S H O R E 2007 LLC, TRITON ASSET ) L E A S IN G GMBH, TRANSOCEAN ) H O L D IN G S LLC, TRANSOCEAN ) O F F S H O R E DEEPWATER DRILLING INC., ) T R A N S O C E A N DEEPWATER INC., AND ) Q B E UNDERWRITING LTD., LLOYD'S ) S Y N D IC A T E 1036, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ____________________________________ ) C iv il No.

IN ADMIRALTY Section: M a g is tra te No.:

NOTICE OF RELATED ACTION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 3

NOW COMES the United States of America and notifies the Court that the captioned matter is an action by the United States for declaratory judgment and civil penalties arising from the same maritime incident and oil spill at issue in the multi-district litigation captioned "In Re:

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Oil Spill by the Oil Rig `Deepwater Horizon' in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, " docket number 10-2179, pending before the Honorable Carl J. Barbier. Respectfully submitted, IGNACIA S. MORENO A s sis ta n t Attorney General E n v iro n m e n t & Natural Resources Division J A M E S NICOLL Senior Counsel N A N C Y FLICKINGER Senior Attorney S A R A H HIMMELHOCH Senior Attorney D E A N N A CHANG Trial Attorney S C O T T CERNICH Trial Attorney A . NATHANIEL CHAKERES Trial Attorney J U D Y HARVEY Trial Attorney M A T T LEOPOLD Trial Attorney T O N Y WEST A s s is ta n t Attorney General C iv il Division

P E T E R F. FROST D ire c to r, Torts Branch, Civil Division A d m ira lty and Aviation S T E P H E N G. FLYNN Assistant Director M IC H E L L E DELEMARRE T ria l Attorney S H A R O N SHUTLER T ria l Attorney J E S S IC A SULLIVAN T ria l Attorney J E S S IC A MCCLELLAN T ria l Attorney D A V ID PFEFFER T ria l Attorney T o rts Branch, Civil Division P .O . Box 14271 W a s h in g to n , D.C. 20044-4271 T e le p h o n e : 202-616-4000 F a c sim ile : 202-616-4002

/s / Steven O'Rourke S T E V E N O'ROURKE S e n io r Attorney E n v iro n m e n ta l Enforcement Section U .S . Department of Justice P .O . Box 7611 W a s h in g to n , D.C. 20044 T e le p h o n e : 202-514-2779 F a c s im ile : 202-514-2583 E -m a il: steve.o'[e-mail]

/s/ R. Michael Underhill R . MICHAEL UNDERHILL, T.A. A tto rn e y in Charge, West Coast Office T o rts Branch, Civil Division U .S . Department of Justice 7 -5 3 9 5 Federal Bldg., Box 36028 4 5 0 Golden Gate Avenue S a n Francisco, CA 94102-3463 T e le p h o n e : 415-436-6648 Facsimile: 415-436-6632 E -m a il: [e-mail]

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JIM LETTEN U n ite d States Attorney S H A R O N D. SMITH A s sis ta n t United States Attorney Eastern District of Louisiana H a le Boggs Federal Building 5 0 0 Poydras Street, Ste. B-210 N e w Orleans, LA 70130 A tto rn e ys for the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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