UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
GENERAL ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that multidistrict litigation action 10-md-2179, In Re: Oil Spill by the
Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010 and all consolidated
actions currently assigned to retired U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan, Magistrate Judge
Division “1”, are hereby reassigned to Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Wilkinson, Jr.,
Magistrate Judge Division “2”.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, with the exception of 10-md-2179, all other civil,
criminal, and miscellaneous cases currently assigned to retired U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally
Shushan, Magistrate Judge Division “1” are hereby reassigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Janis
van Meerveld, Magistrate Judge Division “1”.
The District Judge assignments are unchanged.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that commencing on August 1, 2016, all civil, criminal,
and miscellaneous cases be assigned to Magistrate Judge Division “1” in the same proportion of
the total case assignment as are assigned to the remaining active Magistrate Judge Divisions of
this Court.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 28th day of July, 2016.
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KURT D. ENGELHARDT
Chief United States District Judge
