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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT  
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 
ALFRED GROSS, ADMINISTRATOR 
OF THE SUCCESSION OF MARTHA 
FRANKLIN TOMBAR GROSS 
CIVIL ACTION 
VERSUS NO. 25-753 
THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ST. 
CHARLES PARISH; MARTHA JEAN 
GORDON AND STAR RECOVERY 
SERVICES, LLC 
SECTION “B” (1) 
ORDER & REASONS 
Considering defendant St. Charles Parish’s Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Joint 
Report Under Seal (Rec. Doc. 30), 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion (Rec. Doc. 30)  is GRANTED and that the 
Joint Status Report shall be filed into the record of the above-c aptioned matter UNDER SEAL, 
subject to any applicable state laws relative to public request and/or disclosure of the 
expenditure of public funds, if any.  Moreover, the underlying joint report does not reveal on 
its face good cause for the reopening of this matter.  For examp le, the instant matter does not 
appear to be about a financial issue but more about the non-financial conditions of settlement, 
e.g. indemnification, which are standard terms in mo st settlement agreements.  We remind 
parties, represented and unrepresented ones, that the court reserves the right to consider 
sanctions for bad faith or unreasonable refusal to comply with court-reported settlements, 
including imposition of financial sanctions for such conduct.  Accordingly,   
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no later than April 20, 2026 parties shall show good 
cause why the motion to reopen (Rec. Doc. 28) should not be denied for reasons noted above and 
for waiting six (6) months to file that motion in view of the dismissal order’s time limit for filing 
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same.  (“ The Court retains jurisdiction for all purposes, including enforcing the settlement 
agreement entered into by the parties for a reasonable period of time. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2); 
Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 US 375, 381-82 (1994); Hospitality House, 
Inc. vs. Gilbert, 298 F.3d 424, 430 (5th Cir. 2002).”  Quote from Rec. Doc. 27; Emphasis added). 
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 2nd day of April 2026 
____________________________
 
Senior United States District Judge 
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