UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTEASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANAIN RE: OIL SPILL by the OIL RIG“DEEPWATER HORIZON” in theGULF OF MEXICO, onAPRIL 20, 2010This Pleading Applies To:
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:::::::::::::MDL No. 2179SECTION: JHonorable CARL J. BARBIERMagistrate Judge SHUSHAN
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BP’S MOTION FOR SPOLIATION SANCTIONS
BP Exploration & Production Inc. (“BP”) respectfully moves this Court for sanctionsagainst Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (“Halliburton”) pursuant to Federal Rule of CivilProcedure 37 and this Court’s inherent authority.For the reasons set forth in BP’s accompanying Memorandum in Support of Motion forSpoliation Sanctions, BP respectfully submits that Halliburton has intentionally destroyedevidence and has violated this Court’s orders regarding the production of documents. Asexplained in the accompanying Memorandum, these actions warrant corrective civil sanctionsfrom this Court as a matter of law, specifically: (1) an adverse finding of fact and award of attorneys’ fees for Halliburton employees’ destruction of uniquely relevant cement testing; and(2) an order compelling Halliburton to deliver to a third-party forensic electronic firm reasonablyacceptable to BP the computer that Halliburton used to produce proprietary 3D modeling resultsthat it now inexplicably claims are “gone.”
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2Dated: December 5, 2011Robert C. “Mike” Brock Covington & Burling LLP1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20004-2401Telephone: 202-662-5985Facsimile: 202-662-6291Robert R. GasawayJeffrey Bossert Clark Aditya BamzaiKirkland & Ellis LLP655 Fifteenth Street, NWWashington, DC 20005Telephone: 202-879-5000Facsimile: 202-879-5200Respectfully submitted, /s/ Don K. HaycraftDon K. Haycraft (Bar #14361)R. Keith Jarrett (Bar #16984)Liskow & Lewis701 Poydras Street, Suite 5000New Orleans, Louisiana 70139-5099Telephone: 504-581-7979Facsimile: 504-556-4108Richard C. Godfrey, P.C.J. Andrew Langan, P.C.Kirkland & Ellis LLP300 North LaSalle StreetChicago, IL 60654Telephone: 312-862-2000Facsimile: 312-862-2200
Attorneys for BP Exploration & Production Company
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing pleading has been served on All Counsel byelectronically uploading the same to Lexis Nexis File & Serve in accordance with Pretrial OrderNo. 12, and that the foregoing was electronically filed with the Clerk of Court of the UnitedStates District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by using the CM/ECF System, whichwill send a notice of electronic filing in accordance with the procedures established in MDL2179, on this 5th day of December, 2011. /s/ Don K. HaycraftDon K. Haycraft
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