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MDL No. 2179
Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010
IN RE: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010 is a pending federal multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of Louisiana before Carl J. Barbier (U.S. District Judge). The Judicial Panel's report dated September 1, 2026 lists 1 actions pending and 6,158 actions historically.
The docket record
- Actions pending
- 10
- Total actions, historical
- 6,158
- Change, 3 months
- 0
- Change, 12 months
- −1(-50.0%)
- Docket
- MDL No. 2179
- Court
- Eastern District of Louisiana
- Transferee judge
- Carl J. BarbierU.S. District Judge
- Last report
- September 1, 2026
Source: JPML “Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending,” report dated September 1, 2026 · first in our series Jan 2024
Month-by-month figures, Jan 2024 to Sep 2026
| Report date | Actions pending | Change | Total, historical | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6,158 | |
| August 3, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6,158 | |
| July 1, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6,158 | |
| June 1, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6,158 | |
| May 1, 2026 | 1 | +1 | 6,158 | |
| April 1, 2026 | 0 | −1 | 6,157 | |
| March 2, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6,157 | |
| February 2, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6,157 | |
| January 5, 2026 | 1 | −1 | 6,157 | |
| December 2, 2025 | 2 | 0 | 6,157 | |
| November 3, 2025 | 2 | 0 | 6,157 | |
| October 1, 2025 | 2 | 0 | 6,157 | |
| September 2, 2025 | 2 | −1 | 6,155 | |
| August 1, 2025 | 3 | 0 | 6,155 | |
| July 1, 2025 | 3 | −1 | 6,155 | |
| June 2, 2025 | 4 | −1 | 6,155 | |
| May 1, 2025 | 5 | −1 | 6,155 | |
| April 1, 2025 | 6 | −3 | 6,155 | |
| March 3, 2025 | 9 | 0 | 6,155 | |
| February 3, 2025 | 9 | −1 | 6,152 | |
| January 2, 2025 | 10 | 0 | 6,151 | |
| December 2, 2024 | 10 | −4 | 6,149 | |
| October 1, 2024 | 14 | −18 | 6,146 | |
| September 3, 2024 | 32 | 0 | 6,159 | |
| August 1, 2024 | 32 | +6 | 6,158 | |
| July 1, 2024 | 26 | +3 | 6,152 | |
| June 3, 2024 | 23 | +2 | 6,149 | |
| May 1, 2024 | 21 | −2 | 6,147 | |
| April 1, 2024 | 23 | +1 | 6,147 | |
| March 1, 2024 | 22 | 0 | 6,146 | |
| February 1, 2024 | 22 | 0 | 6,146 | |
| January 2, 2024 | 22 | 6,146 |
How to read this record
Actions pending is the number of individual civil actions currently centralized in this MDL, as counted by the Judicial Panel on the report date. It rises as new cases are transferred or filed directly in the MDL court and falls as cases settle, are dismissed, or are remanded for trial. Total actions is the historical count of every action ever part of the docket.
A rising count means new plaintiffs are still filing; it does not by itself say anything about the merits. A falling count after a settlement announcement usually reflects the settlement being processed. The monthly report says nothing about trial dates, rulings, or settlements; for those, check the transferee court's docket.
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Source
U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, “MDL Statistics Report: Distribution of Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending,” monthly PDF reports January 2, 2024 to September 1, 2026, jpml.uscourts.gov. Parsed by Settlement Record; see methodology. Settlement Record is an independent reference built from public court records and agency publications. Nothing here is legal advice, and nothing here states that any person has a valid claim. Litigation facts are dated and sourced on each page; confirm anything you rely on against the court's own docket.