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UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE DIVISION

CASE NO.: 4:10-cv-00486-SPM-WCS

SCOTT CARSWELL, JULIE CARSWELL,

KENT McCOY, JANINE McCOY, and

ROBERT HOWARD, individually and as

representatives of similarly situated persons,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

LISA ECHEVERRI, as Executive Director of

the Florida Department of Revenue, acting in

her official capacity, and BP, plc; BP

PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC.; BP

AMERICA INC.; BP EXPLORATION AND

PRODUCTION INC.; BP AMERICA

PRODUCTION COMPANY; TRANSOCEAN

LTD.; TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE

DEEPWATER DRILLING, INC.;

TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER, INC.;

TRANSOCEAN HOLDINGS, LLC; TRITON

ASSET LEASING GMBH; HALLIBURTON

ENERGY SERVICES, INC.; CAMERON

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION f/k/a

COOPER CAMERON CORPORATION.;

ANADARKO PETROLEUM

CORPORATION.; ANADARKO E & P

COMPANY, L.P.; MOEX OFFSHORE 2007,

L.L.C.; M-I, LLC; DRIL-QUIP, INC.; MITSUI

OIL EXPLORATION; and HYUNDAI HEAVY

INDUSTRIES CO. LTD., INC.,

Defendants.

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BP DEFENDANTS’ AMENDED RULE 7.1(B) CONFERENCE STATEMENT

REGARDING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY OF PROCEEDINGS

Defendants BP Products North America Inc., BP America Inc., BP Exploration &

Production Inc., and BP America Production Company (collectively, “BP Defendants”),

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appearing specially through counsel and expressly reserving all defenses, including without

limitation all defenses under Rule 12(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, submit this amended

conference statement regarding the BP Defendants’ Unopposed Motion for Stay of Proceedings

Pending Transfer by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“Motion for Stay”) (Doc. 16).

Counsel for the Plainitffs and the BP Defendants have continued to confer regarding the relief

requested in the Motion for Stay, and the BP Defendants have been advised that Plainitffs intend

to file a motion for remand in this action. Based on these conferences, the BP Defendants hereby

submit this amended conference statement as follows:

1. Plaintiffs consent to the BP Defendants’ request for an extension of the

responsive pleading deadline in this action as set forth in the Motion for Stay (i.e., until the

earlier of (1) the transfer of this matter to MDL 2179 upon the Panel’s denial of the Oppositions

to Transfer; or (2) 21 days after entry of an order granting the Oppositions to Transfer).

2. However, Plaintiffs oppose the BP Defendants’ request for a stay of all other

proceedings as set forth in the Motion for Stay.

OF COUNSEL:

Richard C. Godfrey, P.C.

John T. Hickey Jr., P.C.

J. Andrew Langan, P.C. (admitted N.D. Fla.)

Wendy L. Bloom (admitted N.D. Fla.)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 North LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60654

312-862-2000 (Tel)

312-862-2200 (Fax)

Attorneys for the BP Defendants

AKERMAN SENTERFITT

106 East College Avenue, Suite 1200

Tallahassee, FL 32301

Phone: (850) 224-9634

Fax: (850) 222-0103

By: s/ Thomas A. Range

J. Riley Davis

Florida Bar Number: 118121

Thomas A. Range

Florida Bar Number: 568651

Attorneys for the BP Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing has been filed on November 22, 2010 via

CM/ECF, which will send a copy of this filing via electronic mail to all attorneys of record.

s/ Thomas A. Range

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