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

Filing 49

ORDER AND REASONS: denying 47 Motion to disqualify, as stated herein. Signed by Judge Barry W Ashe on 08/19/2022. (am)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

MARCUS CARNELL JACKSON

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 17-3298

BP EXPLORATION &
PRODUCTION INC., et al.

SECTION M (4)

ORDER & REASONS
Before the Court is a motion by plaintiff Marcus Carnell Jackson to disqualify the
undersigned from these proceedings.1 The same motion has been filed and fully briefed in many
other B3 cases allotted to this section of court. 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., 2022 WL 2800014
(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 Jackson 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 Jackson’s motion to disqualify (R. Doc. 47) is DENIED.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 19th day of August, 2022.

________________________________
BARRY W. ASHE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
1

R. Doc. 47.