UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
GENERAL ORDER
(“B3” Cases)
June 27, 2022
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED by the Court en banc, that any order issued by a judge of this
Court directing mandatory participation in settlement conferences in individual “B3” cases is
hereby vacated. Rather than attempt settlement in individual cases, the Court, at the appropriate
time, will convene negotiations aimed at potential resolution of all “B3” cases collectively. This
order only applies to orders to set settlement conferences with the assigned magistrate judges. It
does not excuse litigants from complying with any other order or instruction from the presiding
judge.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall docket this General Order in
each and every B3 case.
27th
New Orleans, Louisiana, this _______ day of June, 2022.
FOR THE EN BANC COURT:
NANNETTE JOLIVETTE BROWN1
CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
1
Although Chief Judge Brown has recused herself from BP cases, this General Order is purely administrative and
entered pursuant to a majority vote of the en banc Court.
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