Havard v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, LLC

Filing 139

ORDER AND REASONS denying 136 Request/Statement of Oral Argument by Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Limited regarding 135 MOTION to Compel Arbitration and Stay of Litigation. Signed by Judge Martin L.C. Feldman on 10/16/2019.(sbs)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

RONALD HAVARD

CIVIL ACTION

v.

NO. 14-824

OFFSHORE SPECIALTY FABRICATORS, LLC

SECTION "F"

ORDER AND REASONS

Before the Court is Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association
Limited’s

request

for

oral

argument

on

its

compelling arbitration and stay of litigation.

motion

for

order

The request is

DENIED for the following reasons.
It is the Court’s policy to grant oral argument on motions if
one of the following factors is present:
1.

There is a need for an evidentiary hearing.

2.

The motion or opposition papers involve a novel or

complex issue of law that is unsettled.
3.

The motion or opposition papers argue for a change in

existing law.
4.

The motion or opposition papers implicate a

constitutional issue.
5.

The case itself is of widespread community interest.

Because
arbitration

the
and

Steamship’s
stay

of

motion

litigation

for

order

implicates

none

compelling
of

these

factors, 1 IT IS ORDERED: that the request for oral argument is
DENIED.

New Orleans, Louisiana, October 16, 2019

______________________________
MARTIN L. C. FELDMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

Indeed, the plaintiff has filed a “limited opposition” to
Steamship’s motion in which he opposes neither the request for a
stay nor does he oppose arbitration. Havard opposes Steamship’s
motion only insofar as it seeks to arbitrate the case in England.
The Court will order briefing on this limited issue.