Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. H-12-1961
10-05-2012
ECOSORB INTERNATIONAL, INC.; dba BIOCEL TECHNOLOGIES, Plaintiff, v. SUPPLY PRO, INC., et al, Defendants.
ORDER
Pending before the court is Plaintiff's Motion to Reopen Closed Case (Doc. 14) with Supplement to Motion to Reopen Closed Case (Doc. 15). Having considered the motion and the Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-58) with Simultaneous Separation and Remand, In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, 764 F. Supp. 2d 1352 (J.P.M.L. 2011) (MDL No. 2179) (ordering "[a]ll claims in plaintiff Ecosorb International, Inc.'s original petition . . . remanded . . . to the Southern District of Texas"), the Court finds that this case was transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana due to clerical error. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion is GRANTED and the case REOPENED. It is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Remand (Doc. 3) with Supplement to Motion to Remand (Doc. 8) is REINSTATED for consideration by this Court. It is further
ORDERED that this case is REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Frances Stacy for entry of an updated Order for Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference.
SIGNED at Houston, Texas, this 5th day of October, 2012.
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MELINDA HARMON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE