2:17-cv-04262 | E.D. La. | Jul 14, 2022
Case 2:17-cv-04262-BWA-KWR Document 50 Filed 07/14/22 Page 1 of 1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
ANDRAE SUMMERS CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-4262 VERSUS BP EXPLORATION & SECTION M (4) PRODUCTION, INC., et al.
ORDER & REASONS Before the Court is a motion by plaintiff Andrae Summers to disqualify the undersigned from these proceedings. [1] The same motion has been filed and fully briefed in seven other B3 cases. Having considered the parties’ memoranda, the record, and the applicable law, the Court denies the motion for the reasons articulated at length in the Order & Reasons issued in Carpenter v. BP Exploration & Production Inc. , No. 17-3645, R. Doc. 63 (E.D. La. July 14, 2022), because there is no actual conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety, and the motion was untimely filed. A judge has an affirmative duty not to disqualify himself or herself unnecessarily, and because Summers raises no compelling or persuasive grounds for disqualification here, it is unnecessary and, indeed, would be improper for the undersigned to do so.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Summers’s motion to disqualify (R. Doc. 44) is DENIED. New Orleans, Louisiana, this 14 th day of July, 2022.
________________________________ BARRY W. ASHE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
NOTES
[1] R. Doc. 44. Summers filed a motion for leave to file a reply in support of his motion to disqualify (R. Doc. 46), which is GRANTED. The reply has been considered.