Martha Stevenson v. Ethicon, Inc.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 2:12-cv-02700,2:12-md-02327 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999965944].. [16-1621]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1621

MARTHA M. STEVENSON; JAMES STEVENSON,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
ETHICON, INCORPORATED; JOHNSON & JOHNSON,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, INC.,
Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Charleston.
Joseph R. Goodwin,
District Judge. (2:12-cv-02700; 2:12-md-02327)

Submitted:

November 4, 2016

Decided:

November 10, 2016

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Tracy W. Houck, Ron Riggle,
Louisiana, for Appellants.
Higginbotham, THOMAS COMBS &
Virginia; Christy Jones, John

HOUCK & RIGGLE, LLC, Ruston,
David B. Thomas, Daniel R.
SPANN, PLLC, Charleston, West
C. Henegan, Sr., Susana Moore

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Moldoveanu,
Appellees.

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BUTLER

SNOW,

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LLP,

Ridgeland,

Mississippi,

for

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Martha M. Stevenson and James Stevenson appeal the district
court’s

orders

effect

dismissing

service

of

this

process
have

action

and

for

denying

reviewed

the

failure
their

record

to

timely

motion
and

find

for

reconsideration.

We

no

reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated

by the district court.

Stevenson v. Ethicon, Inc., Nos. 2:12-

cv-02700;

(S.D.

2016).
legal
before

2:12-md-02327

W.

Va.

Jan.

26,

2016;

May

27,

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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