TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING INC. v. Stena Drilling Limited et al

Filing 52

ORDER entered STAYING CASE and ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING CASE. The scheduling order entered on 6/6/11 is vacated. Within 14 days of the issuance of a mandate in the appeal, Transocean must file any request to reinstate.(Signed by Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE
DEEPWATER DRILLING, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
STENA DRILLING LIMITED,
et al.,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. H-08-3287

ORDER STAYING AND ADMINISTRATIVELY
CLOSING CASE
Defendants Stena Drilling Limited, Stena DrillMax Limited, Stena DrillMax I Limited, Stena
DrillMax I (Hungary) Kft, and Stena DrillMax III Limited (collectively, “the Stena Defendants”)
have jointly moved for an administrative stay of the above-captioned case pending the appeal in
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. v. Maersk Contractors USA, Inc., No. H-07-02392
(S.D. Tex.) (“the appeal”). Plaintiff Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. opposed the stay.
The court finds that the issues in the Maersk case and this case are closely interrelated,
making it both difficult and inefficient for this court and the parties to proceed with this case while
the Maersk appeal is pending. This court also finds that there is no business or commercial reason
weighing against a stay while the appeal in the Maersk case is decided. Accordingly, this case is
stayed and administratively closed pending the Maersk appeal.
Within 14 days of the issuance of a mandate in the appeal, Transocean must file any request

to reinstate the above-captioned case. The Scheduling Order (Docket Entry No. 48) entered June
6, 2011, is vacated.
SIGNED on September 22, 2011, at Houston, Texas.

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Lee H. Rosenthal
United States District Judge

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