Evans v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Dottie Brooks Evans
Defendant: BP America Production Company and BP Exploration & Production Inc.
Case Number: 3:2019cv00587
Filed: September 9, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Presiding Judge: Richard L Bourgeois
Referring Judge: Shelly D Dick
2 Judge: Brian A Jackson
Nature of Suit: P.I.: Other
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
November 4, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 21 ORDER granting #20 Motion for Howard L. Nations to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Attorney Howard L. Nations is enrolled as pro hac vice co-counsel for plaintiff Dottie Brooks Evans. Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. on 11/4/2019. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (SGO)
November 1, 2019 Filing 20 MOTION for Howard L. Nations to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee $100.00, Receipt Number ALAMDC-2025526) by Dottie Brooks Evans. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Certificates of Good Standing, #2 Exhibit Sworn Statement, #3 Exhibit Oath, #4 Attachment Proposed Order)(Morrow, Patrick)
November 1, 2019 MOTION(S) REFERRED: #20 MOTION for Howard L. Nations to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Filing fee $100.00, Receipt Number ALAMDC-2025526). This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (EDC)
October 31, 2019 Filing 19 Joint STATUS REPORT by Dottie Brooks Evans. (Nations, Howard)
October 23, 2019 Filing 18 Notice to Counsel: The Court inadvertently issued two orders setting a Scheduling Conference. The initial setting of 11/7/2019 is CANCELLED. The parties shall abide by the Scheduling Conference Order issued at R. Doc. 15. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (SGO)
October 11, 2019 Filing 17 Corporate Disclosure Statement by BP Exploration & Production Inc. identifying Corporate Parent BP PLC for BP Exploration & Production Inc... (Reid, Devin)
October 11, 2019 Filing 16 Corporate Disclosure Statement by BP America Production Company identifying Corporate Parent BP PLC for BP America Production Company.. (Reid, Devin)
September 27, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 15 SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER: Scheduling Conference set for 11/14/2019 at 11:00 AM in chambers before Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois Jr. Status Report due by 10/31/2019. Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. on 9/27/2019. (SGO)
September 27, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER denying #12 Ex Parte Motion to Withdraw and Substitute Counsel of Record as moot. The #13 Ex Parte Motion to Withdraw and Substitute Counsel of Record is GRANTED. Attorneys R. Keith Jarrett, Charles Bradford Wilmore, Paul Matthew Jones, and Lauren Raili Bridges are substituted as counsel for defendants BP America Production Company and BP Exploration & Production Inc. replacing Don K. Haycraft and Scott Seiler. Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. on 9/27/2019. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (SGO)
September 26, 2019 MOTION(S) REFERRED: #13 Ex Parte MOTION to Substitute R. Keith Jarrett, Charles Wilmore, P. Matthew Jones and Lauren Bridges in place of Don K. Haycraft and Scott Seiler as Attorney . This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (LT)
September 25, 2019 Filing 13 Ex Parte MOTION to Substitute R. Keith Jarrett, Charles Wilmore, P. Matthew Jones and Lauren Bridges in place of Don K. Haycraft and Scott Seiler as Attorney by BP America Production Company, BP Exploration & Production Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Haycraft, Don)
September 25, 2019 Filing 12 Ex Parte MOTION to Substitute R. Keith Jarrett, Charles Wilmore, P. Matthew Jones, Lauren Bridges and Lance Bullock in place of Kevin M. Hodges, Catherine Pyune McEldowney, Georgia L. Lucier, Don K. Haycraft and Scott Seiler as Attorney by BP America Production Company, BP Exploration & Production Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Haycraft, Don)
September 25, 2019 MOTION(S) REFERRED: #12 Ex Parte MOTION to Substitute R. Keith Jarrett, Charles Wilmore, P. Matthew Jones, Lauren Bridges and Lance Bullock in place of Kevin M. Hodges, Catherine Pyune McEldowney, Georgia L. Lucier, Don K. Haycraft and Scott Seiler as Attorney . This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (LT)
September 17, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 11 SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER: Scheduling Conference set for 11/7/2019 at 02:30 PM in chambers before Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois Jr. Status Report due by 10/24/2019. Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. on 9/17/2019. (SGO)
September 10, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER OF RECUSAL. Before joining the federal bench, the undersigned served as counsel for BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP America Production Company in a matter directly related to the events giving rise to this litigation. Judge Brian A. Jackson recused. Case reassigned to Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick for all further proceedings. Signed by Judge Brian A. Jackson on 9/10/2019. (SWE) Modified on 9/10/2019 to edit the docket text (SWE).
September 9, 2019 Filing 9 Letter to Attorney Howard L. Nations who is lead counsel for party Dottie Brooks Evans. Attorney is not admitted to practice in LAMD. (SWE) (Main Document 9 replaced on 9/9/2019 with corrected document) (SWE).
September 9, 2019 Filing 8 Case transferred in from the Louisiana Eastern; Case Number 2:19-cv-02123. Original file certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
September 9, 2019 Case Assigned to Judge Brian A. Jackson and Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (SWE)
September 6, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 7 IT IS ORDERED that the instant matter is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Wilkinson, Jr on 9/6/2019. (NEF: Sect J)(caa) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 9/9/2019.]
August 29, 2019 Filing 6 Statement by BP America Production Company, BP Exploration & Production, Inc. Regarding Venue (Haycraft, Don) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 9/9/2019.]
July 3, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ORDER: IT IS ORDERED THAT, no later than July 30, 2019, plaintiffs in the attached lists must provide full and complete initial disclosures. Failure to provide the disclosures by the above date will result in an order that plaintiffs and their counsel must appear in person before Judge Barbier to show cause why their cases should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute and/or pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.37(b)(2)(A)(v). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, as to all of the listed cases in which plaintiffs produce full and complete disclosures in compliance with this order, the deadline by which the parties must submit their venue filing is extended to no later than August 29, 2019. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Wilkinson, Jr on 7/3/2019.(mmv) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 9/9/2019.]
April 5, 2019 Filing 4 ANSWER to #1 Complaint, by BP America Production Company, BP Exploration & Production, Inc..Attorney Don Keller Haycraft added to party BP America Production Company(pty:dft), Attorney Don Keller Haycraft added to party BP Exploration & Production, Inc.(pty:dft).(Haycraft, Don) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 9/9/2019.]
March 12, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 3 INITIAL PROCEEDINGS CASE MANAGEMENT ORDERS No.'s 1 and 2 ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Wilkinson, Jr on 1/30/2015. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 BELO Settlement Agreement)(as) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 9/9/2019.]
March 6, 2019 Filing 2 Initial Case Assignment to Judge Carl Barbier and Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Wilkinson, Jr. (cc) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 9/9/2019.]
March 6, 2019 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against BP America Production Company, BP Exploration & Production, Inc. (Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 053L-7463218) filed by Dottie Brooks Evans. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet)Attorney Howard L. Nations added to party Dottie Brooks Evans(pty:pla).(Nations, Howard) [Transferred from Louisiana Eastern on 9/9/2019.]

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Plaintiff: Dottie Brooks Evans
Represented By: Howard L. Nations
Represented By: Patrick Craig Morrow
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Defendant: BP America Production Company
Represented By: Scott C. Seiler
Represented By: Don K. Haycraft
Represented By: Devin C. Reid
Represented By: R. Keith Jarrett
Represented By: Lauren Raili Bridges
Represented By: Charles Bradford Wilmore
Represented By: Paul Matthew Jones
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Defendant: BP Exploration & Production Inc.
Represented By: Scott C. Seiler
Represented By: Don K. Haycraft
Represented By: Devin C. Reid
Represented By: R. Keith Jarrett
Represented By: Lauren Raili Bridges
Represented By: Charles Bradford Wilmore
Represented By: Paul Matthew Jones
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