# Gara v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.

> District Court, E.D. Louisiana · November 18, 2022

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/10188605

## Case

- **Court:** District Court, E.D. Louisiana
- **Decided:** November 18, 2022
- **Opinion:** 100trialcourt
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

DENNIS ANTHONY GARA, JR., CIVIL ACTION
Plaintiff

VERSUS NO. 17-3223

BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION SECTION: “E” (2)
INC., ET AL.,
Defendants

ORDER AND REASONS
Before the Court is a motion for summary judgment filed by BP Exploration &
Production Inc., BP America Production Company, BP p.l.c., Halliburton Energy Services,
Inc., Transocean Holdings, LLC, Transocean Deepwater, Inc., and Transocean Offshore
Deepwater Drilling, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”)1 against Dennis Anthony Gara, Jr.
(“Plaintiff”). The motion was filed on October 25, 2022.2 Plaintiff’s opposition to the
motion was due on November 1, 2022.3 As of the date of this Order and Reasons, no
opposition to the instant motion has been filed, and Plaintiff has not moved for an
extension of his deadline to file an opposition brief. Defendants’ motion for summary
judgment is, therefore, unopposed. Although this dispositive motion is unopposed,
summary judgment is not automatic, and the Court must determine whether Defendants
have shown they are entitled to judgment as a matter of law.4
Defendants’ instant motion is nearly identical to the one filed by Defendants, and

1 R. Doc. 57. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Transocean Holdings, LLC, Transocean Deepwater, Inc.,
and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. joined in the motion for summary judgment filed by BP
Exploration & Production, Inc., BP America Production Company, and BP p.l.c. Id. at p. 1 n.1.
2 Id.
3 R. Doc. 57-4.
4 See, e.g., Johnson v. Pettiford, 442 F.3d 917, 918 (5th Cir. 2006); FED. R. CIV. P. 56(a).
granted by this Court, in other B3 cases.5
Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the Orders & Reasons issued in the cited B3
cases;
IT IS ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment® is GRANTED.
Judgment is granted in favor of Defendants BP Exploration & Production Inc., BP
America Production Company, BP p.Lc., Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Transocean
Holdings LLC, Transocean Deepwater, Inc., and Transocean Offshore Deepwater
Drilling, Inc. and against Plaintiff Dennis Anthony Gara, Jr. on all claims.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 18th day of November, 2022.

SUSIE ion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

5 See Davis v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., et al., Civ. A. 17-3141 at R. Doc. 48 (E.D. La. 7/5/22)
(Morgan, J.); see also Brown v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., et al., Civ. A. 17-3101 at R. Doc. 59
(E.D. La. 11/18/22) (Morgan, J.).
Doc. 57.

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