UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE DIVISION

SCOTT CARSWELL, JULIE CARSWELL,

KENT McCOY, JANINE McCOY, and ROBERT

HOWARD, individually and as representatives of

similarly situated persons,

Plaintiffs,

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

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 AMERICAN

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; ANDARKO PETROLEUM

CORPORATION; ANDARKO E&P

COMPANY, L.P.; MOEX OFFSHORE 2007,

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

OIL EXPLORATION; and HYUNDAI HEAVY

INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.,

Defendants.

Defendant State of Florida Department of Revenue’s 

Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Transocean Defendants’ Motion to Stay

Proceedings Pending MDL Panel’s Transfer Ruling

Defendant, the State of Florida Department of Revenue, hereby files this Motion for 

Extension of Time to respond to the Transocean Defendants’ Motion to Stay Proceedings 

Pending MDL Panel’s Transfer Ruling (Dkt. no. 37).

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During the morning of December 21, 2010, at approximately 10:14 a.m., a power outage 

occurred in the downtown area of the City of Tallahassee, Florida. The outage affected the State 

of Florida Capitol office complex, including the offices of counsel for the State of Florida 

Department of Revenue, the State of Florida Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and resulted 

in the loss of the OAG’s computer network system for more than 5 hours, including e-mail and 

access to documents and files pertaining to this case amongst others. 

WHEREFORE, for all of the foregoing reasons, the Florida Department of Revenue 

requests this Court to grant an extension until December 23, 2010 to respond to the Transocean 

Defendants’ Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending MDL Panel’s Transfer Ruling.

CONFERENCE PURSUANT TO N.D. FLA. LOC. R. 7.1(B)

Before filing this motion, counsel for the State of Florida Department of Revenue 

conferred with counsel for Plaintiffs and counsel for Transocean and counsel for the Plaintiffs 

and counsel for Transocean advised that they both do not oppose the relief requested in this 

motion.

Respectfully submitted,

BILL McCOLLUM

ATTORNEY GENERAL

/s/ Jonathan A. Glogau________

Jonathan A. Glogau

Chief, Complex Litigation

Fla. Bar No. 371823

PL-01, The Capitol

Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050

850-414-3300, ext. 4817

850-414-9650 (fax)

jon.glogau@myfloridalegal.com

Joseph C. Mellichamp, III

Chief, Revenue Litigation Bureau

Florida Bar No. 133249

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Office of the Attorney General 

The Capitol, 

PL-01 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 

(850) 414-3300

(850) 410-2672 (fax)

Joe.Mellichamp@myfloridalegal.com

Counsel for Defendant Lisa Echeverri

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 21, 2010, the foregoing document was filed with the 

Clerk of Court via the CM/ECF system, causing it to be served on all counsel of record.

/s/ Nicholas Bykowsky

 Attorney

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