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

Filing 74

ORDER AND REASONS denying 72 Motion to Continue Submission Date; denying 73 Motion to Expedite. Signed by Judge Sarah S. Vance on 6/27/2022. (mm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
FREDERICK LLOYD DAWKINS,
VERSUS

CIVIL ACTION
NO. 17-3533

BP EXPLORATION &
PRODUCTION, INC., ET AL.

SECTION “R” (4)

ORDER AND REASONS
Before the Court is plaintiff Frederick Lloyd Dawkins’s motion to
indefinitely continue the submission date for defendants’ motion for
summary judgment and motion in limine to exclude the expert testimony of
Dr. Jerald Cook.1 Also before the Court is plaintiff’s motion for expedited
consideration of his motion to continue the submission dates of defendants’
motion for summary judgment and motion in limine.2
IT IS ORDERED that the motion for expedited consideration is
DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to continue the
submission date of defendants’ motions pending the outcome of a sanctions
motion filed in Torres-Lugo v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc., No. 20210 (E.D. La. June 3, 2022) (ECF No. 101) is also DENIED. The Court finds

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R. Doc. 72.
R. Doc. 73.

that the issues involved in the pending sanctions motion are not outcome
determinative of defendants’ motion in limine on the issue of the
admissibility of Dr. Cook’s report, or on the merits of defendants’ summary
judgment motion.

27th day of June, 2022.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this _____

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SARAH S. VANCE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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