In a filing made in the US District Court -- Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans, the US Justice Department reports it expects to file a civil suit against BP over the Deepwater Horizon disaster

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In making its filing, the Justice Department is asking the court handling hundreds of private cases to give government and state plaintiffs special consideration before the other cases. The agency cited several statutes under which the federal government could bring suits and claim damages, including the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act. BP declined to comment and court officials said no date has been set for a hearing on the Justice Department's filings.