Sharon Weer v. Ethicon, Incorporated

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 2:13-cv-03792,2:12-md-02327. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999789536].. [15-1951]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1951

In Re: ETHICON, INC., PELVIC REPAIR
LIABILITY LITIGATION (MDL No. 2327)

SYSTEM

PRODUCTS

-------------------------------------SHARON WEER; THOMAS WEER,
Plaintiffs – Appellants,
v.
ETHICON, INCORPORATED; ETHICON, L.L.C.; JOHNSON & JOHNSON,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Charleston.
Joseph R. Goodwin,
District Judge. (2:13-cv-03792; 2:12-md-02327)

Submitted:

March 30, 2016

Decided:

April 6, 2016

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Douglas R. Plymale, DUGAN LAW FIRM, PLC, New Orleans, Louisiana,
for Appellants. David B. Thomas, Daniel R. Higginbotham, THOMAS
COMBS & SPANN PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia; Christy Jones,
John C. Henegan, Sr., Susanna Moore Moldoveanu, BUTLER SNOW LLP,
Ridgeland, Mississippi, for Appellees.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Sharon Weer and Thomas Weer appeal the district court’s
order dismissing this action without prejudice because the Weers
failed to timely effect service of process.
the record and find no reversible error.

We have reviewed

Accordingly, we affirm

for the reasons stated by the district court.

Weer v. Ethicon,

Inc., Nos. 2:13-cv-03792; 2:12-md-02327 (S.D. W. Va. July 23,
2015).
legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
AFFIRMED

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