Hall v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc. et al

Filing 49

ORDER & REASONS: ORDERED that Hall's 48 motion to disqualify is DENIED. Signed by Judge Barry W Ashe on 7/14/2022. (clc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

LORINZO BERNARD HALL

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 17-3261

BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION
INC., et al.

SECTION M (5)

ORDER & REASONS
Before the Court is a motion by plaintiff Lorinzo Bernard Hall to disqualify the
undersigned from these proceedings.1 The same motion has been filed and fully briefed in seven
other B3 cases. Having considered the parties’ memoranda, the record, and the applicable law, the
Court denies the motion for the reasons articulated at length in the Order & Reasons issued in
Carpenter v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., No. 17-3645, R. Doc. 63 (E.D. La. July 14, 2022),
because there is no actual conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety, and the motion was
untimely filed. A judge has an affirmative duty not to disqualify himself or herself unnecessarily,
and because Hall raises no compelling or persuasive grounds for disqualification here, it is
unnecessary and, indeed, would be improper for the undersigned to do so.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Hall’s motion to disqualify (R. Doc. 48) is DENIED.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 14th day of July, 2022.
________________________________
BARRY W. ASHE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

R. Doc. 48.