Case: 16-30063 Document: 00513720443 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/17/2016
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
No. 16-30063
Fifth Circuit
FILED
October 17, 2016
IN RE: DEEPWATER HORIZON Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
-------------------------------------------
LAKE EUGENIE LAND & DEVELOPMENT, INCORPORATED; ET AL,
Plaintiffs
v.
BP EXPLORATION ; PRODUCTION, INCORPORATED; BP AMERICA
PRODUCTION COMPANY; BP p.l.c.,
Defendants - Appellees
v.
ANDRY LAW FIRM, L.L.C.,
Movant - Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Before CLEMENT, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Case: 16-30063 Document: 00513720443 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/17/2016
No. 16-30063
PER CURIAM:*
The Andry Law Firm, LLC (“Andry”) moved the district court to enforce
its purported settlement with BP Exploration & Production, Inc. (“BP”) and
“order the Claims Administrator to promptly pay [Andry’s] final award in the
amount of $7,818,693.95.” The district court summarily denied Andry’s motion.
Andry appeals, asserting that this court has appellate jurisdiction pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 1291.
Section 1291 “generally vests courts of appeals with jurisdiction over
appeals from final decisions of the district courts.” Cunningham v. Hamilton
Cty., 527 U.S. 198, 203 (1999) (internal quotation marks omitted). A decision
is final when “it ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the
court to do but execute the judgment.” Id. at 204 (internal quotation marks
omitted). The district court’s decision here is not a final decision because it
clearly does not end the litigation between Andry and BP. The decision simply
allows the Claims Administrator to comply with the district court’s previous
order “to process the claim in accordance with its applicable rules and policies.”
We therefore DISMISS this appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
2