Havard v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, LLC, No. 2:2014cv00824 - Document 139 (E.D. La. 2019)
Court Description: ORDER AND REASONS denying 136 Request/Statement of Oral Argument by Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Limited regarding 135 MOTION to Compel Arbitration and Stay of Litigation. Signed by Judge Martin L.C. Feldman on 10/16/2019.(sbs)
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Havard v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, LLC Doc. 139 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA RONALD HAVARD CIVIL ACTION v. NO. 14-824 OFFSHORE SPECIALTY FABRICATORS, LLC SECTION "F" ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Limited’s request for oral argument on its compelling arbitration and stay of litigation. motion for order The request is DENIED for the following reasons. It is the Court’s policy to grant oral argument on motions if one of the following factors is present: 1. There is a need for an evidentiary hearing. 2. The motion or opposition papers involve a novel or complex issue of law that is unsettled. 3. The motion or opposition papers argue for a change in existing law. 4. The motion or opposition papers implicate a constitutional issue. 5. The case itself is of widespread community interest. Dockets.Justia.com Because arbitration the and Steamship’s stay of motion litigation for order implicates none compelling of these factors, 1 IT IS ORDERED: that the request for oral argument is DENIED. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 16, 2019 ______________________________ MARTIN L. C. FELDMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 1 Indeed, the plaintiff has filed a “limited opposition” to Steamship’s motion in which he opposes neither the request for a stay nor does he oppose arbitration. Havard opposes Steamship’s motion only insofar as it seeks to arbitrate the case in England. The Court will order briefing on this limited issue.
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