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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Property Damage

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

STEVEN LAVIGNE and PAUL LAVIGNE, :

Plaintiffs, :

vs. : CA 10-0222-MJ-C

BRITISH PETROLEUM, PLC, et al., :

Defendants.

ORDER

This cause is before the Court on defendants BP Exploration & Production, Inc., BP

America, Inc., and BP North America, Inc.’s Motion for Stay of Proceedings (Doc. 5), the

joinder in the motion to stay filed by defendant Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Doc. 12),

the plaintiffs’ response (Doc. 21), and the BP defendants’ reply (Doc. 27). 

Upon consideration of the foregoing pleadings, the motion for stay of proceedings

(Doc. 5) is DENIED without prejudice to the defendants’ ability to re-file same after

responsive pleadings have been filed. See, e.g., Hopkins, et al. v. Transocean, Ltd., et al., CA

10-0221-WS-C, Doc. 12 (May 25, 2010 order denying motion to stay as premature). 

DONE and ORDERED this the 27th day of May, 2010. 

 s/WILLIAM E. CASSADY 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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