Texas Southern District Court
Judge:Lee H Rosenthal
Case #: 4:18-cv-00483
Nature of Suit470 Other Statutes - Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
Cause18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Case Filed:Feb 16, 2018
Terminated:Dec 19, 2018
Last checked: Wednesday Aug 15, 2018 4:36 AM CDT
Conflict Check Party
Chevron Venezuela Holdings, LLC
Conflict Check Party
Chevron Global Technology Services Company
Conflict Check Party
Chevron Corporation
Defendant
Eulogio Antonio Del Pino Diaz
Defendant
Selle LLC
Defendant
Petroconsultores, Inc.
Represented By
Kiprian E Mendrygal
Locke Lord LLP
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Paul E Coggins
Locke Lord LLP
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Hoang Ngoc Nguyen, Jr
Locke Lord LLP
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Defendant
Petroconsultores (Barbados) Ltd.
Represented By
Kiprian E Mendrygal
Locke Lord LLP
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Paul E Coggins
Locke Lord LLP
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Hoang Ngoc Nguyen, Jr
Locke Lord LLP
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Defendant
Azure 406 LLC
Defendant
Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno
Defendant
Petro Consultores S.C.
Represented By
Kiprian E Mendrygal
Locke Lord LLP
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Paul E Coggins
Locke Lord LLP
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Hoang Ngoc Nguyen, Jr
Locke Lord LLP
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Defendant
Petro Consultores International Trading Company, Inc.
Represented By
Kiprian E Mendrygal
Locke Lord LLP
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Paul E Coggins
Locke Lord LLP
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Hoang Ngoc Nguyen, Jr
Locke Lord LLP
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Defendant
Juan Jose Mendoza Garcia
Represented By
Kiprian E Mendrygal
Locke Lord LLP
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Paul E Coggins
Locke Lord LLP
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Hoang Ngoc Nguyen, Jr
Locke Lord LLP
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Defendant
Jose Angel Gonzalez Acosta
Defendant
Azure 904 LLC
Represented By
Kiprian E Mendrygal
Locke Lord LLP
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Paul E Coggins
Locke Lord LLP
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Hoang Ngoc Nguyen, Jr
Locke Lord LLP
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Plaintiff
Harvest Natural Resources, Inc.
Represented By
Alexander Michael Wolf
Smyser Kaplan And Veselka LLP
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Craig Smyser
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka
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Lee L Kaplan
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka
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Plaintiff
HNR Energia B.V.
Represented By
Alexander Michael Wolf
Smyser Kaplan And Veselka LLP
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Craig Smyser
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka
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Lee L Kaplan
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka
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GPO May 11 2018
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER entered: Harvest's motion for jurisdictional discovery, (Docket Entry No. 33), is granted. The parties have until June 28, 2018, to conduct jurisdictional discovery limited to the defendants jurisdictional ties and contacts. Harvest may depose Garcia, and he must appear, but he may choose to appear in either Miami, Florida, or Houston, Texas. The parties must have completed jurisdictional discovery by July 6, 2018. Harvest must respond to the defendants motion to dismiss by August 3, 2018; the defendants must reply by August 10, 2018; and oral argument will be held on August 24, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. in Courtroom 11-B.(Signed by Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, 4)
GPO Feb 13 2019
ORDER entered: The motion for a corrected judgment, (Docket Entry No. 67), is granted. Default judgment is separately entered against Ramirez for $1,416,118,657.98. Harvest and HNR Energia are entitled to reasonable attorneys fees, expenses, and costs. They must move under Rule 54(d) within 14 days of enforcing the judgment. (Signed by Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, 4)
GPO Jun 09 2020
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER - Granting in part and Denying in part 72 MOTION to Set Aside Final Default Judgment as to 66 Default Judgment and MOTION to Dismiss in Accordance with Rules 12(B)(2) and 12(B)(5). Thedefault judgment is vacated, but the case is not dismissed....*** Scheduling and Status Conference set for 6/25/2020 at 08:30 AM in by video before Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal. The parties must submit a proposed scheduling order by June 18, 2020....*** Case reopened on 6/9/20. (Signed by Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(sanderson, 4)
GPO Sep 30 2020
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION - Granting in part and Denying in part 142 Response to Order to Show Cause/Request to Redact and Seal. Ramirezs motion to redact certain information in Docket Entry Nos. 109, 119, 122, and 126 is granted. These documents will be unsealed in part, after Ramirez has redacted the specified information. Ramirezs motion to redact Docket Entry Nos. 109-4, 109-5, 109-9, 109-10, 109-28, 109-29, and 109-30 is granted. These documents will be unsealed in part, after Ramirez has redacted the requested information.Ramirezs motion to keep Docket Entry Nos. 81, 109-1, 109-17, 109-73, and 119-3 under seal is denied. Ramirez must provide a redacted version of Docket Entry No. 81, as described above. Ramirezs motion to keep Docket Entry Nos. 109-18, 109-34, 109-36, 109-37, 109-72, 109-74, 109-76, 119-4, and 122-4 under seal is otherwise granted. Ramirez must file the redacted documents by October 14, 2020. ( Notice of Compliance due by 10/14/2020 - redacted documents due). (Signed by Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(sanderson, 4)

Docket last updated: 09/24/2019 8:58 PM CDT
Friday, February 16, 2018
Summons Issued as to Azure 904 LLC, Juan Jose Mendoza Garcia, Petro Consultores S.C., Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno. Issued summons delivered to plaintiff in person, filed.(mmapps, 4)
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1 1 27 pgs COMPLAINT against All Defendants (Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0541-19618328) filed by HNR Energia B.V., Harvest Natural Resources, Inc..(Kaplan, Lee)
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Att: 1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet
2 2 Request for Issuance of Summons as to Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, filed.(Kaplan, Lee)
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3 3 Request for Issuance of Summons as to Juan Jose Mendoza Garcia, filed.(Kaplan, Lee)
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4 4 Request for Issuance of Summons as to Petro Consultores S.C., filed.(Kaplan, Lee)
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5 5 Request for Issuance of Summons as to Azure 904 LLC, filed.(Kaplan, Lee)
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6 6 Request for Issuance of Summons as to Petro Consultores S.C., filed.(Kaplan, Lee)
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7 7 NOTICE of Related Cases by HNR Energia B.V., Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., filed. (Kaplan, Lee)
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