Steiner v. BP America Production Company et al

Filing 7

ORDER STAYING CASE - IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Mediation (Rec. Doc. 25993) is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties to the above-captioned actions shall participate in private mediation. The parties shall a gree to a mediator. If the parties cannot agree, the Court will appoint a mediator. The mediations shall each occur within 130 days from the date of this Order. During the pendency of the mediation process, all other proceedings in the six above-c aptioned cases, as well as the parties' submission of a Joint Supplement to the Suggestion of Remand as to cases 11-02621, 17-03387, 17-03412, 17-03347, 17-03356 (see Rec. Doc. 25951), shall be STAYED. Absent further order of the Court, the stay shall terminate 130 days from the date of this Order. Signed by Judge Carl Barbier on 8/30/2019.(cg)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig
“Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf
of Mexico, on April 20, 2010

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MDL 2179
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SECTION: J(2)
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Applies to:
Nos. 11-00911, 11-02621, 1703387, 17-03412, 17-03347, 1703356

JUDGE BARBIER
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MAG. JUDGE WILKINSON
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ORDER

Before the Court is the Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Mediation (Rec.
Doc. 25993) filed by Defendants BP America Production Company and BP
Exploration & Production Inc. and Plaintiffs Coastal Water Cleaners and
Environmental Services, L.L.C., Machelle Steiner, William H. Brehm, John L.
Howard, Nicholas W. Collier, and Jesco Construction of Delaware.. Having
considered the briefs, the applicable law, and the record,
IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Mediation (Rec.
Doc. 25993) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties to the above-captioned actions
shall participate in private mediation. The parties shall agree to a mediator. If the
parties cannot agree, the Court will appoint a mediator. The mediations shall each
occur within 130 days from the date of this Order. During the pendency of the
mediation process, all other proceedings in the six above-captioned cases, as well as
the parties’ submission of a Joint Supplement to the Suggestion of Remand as to cases
11-02621, 17-03387, 17-03412, 17-03347, 17-03356 (see Rec. Doc. 25951), shall be

STAYED. Absent further order of the Court, the stay shall terminate 130 days from
the date of this Order.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 30th day of August, 2019.

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United States District Judge

Note to Clerk: File in 10-md-2179 and each of the referenced member cases.

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