In Re: Prempro Products et al

Filing 1931

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO-154) from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that the three actions (see image for complete listing) listed in this Order, now pending in the District of Minnesota, are transferred to the Eastern District of Arkansas as part of MDL 1507. Signed by Clerk of Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on 1/05/09. (Attachments: #1 Transfer Letter)(mkf)

UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL on MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
CHAIRMAN:
Judge John G. Heyburn II United States District Court Western District of Kentucky

MEMBERS:

Judge J. Frederick Motz United States District Court District of Maryland Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. United States District Court Northern District of Indiana Judge Kathryn H. Vratil United States District Court District of Kansas

Judge David R. Hansen United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Judge W. Royal Furgeson, Jr. United States District Court Western District of Texas Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr. United States District Court Eastern District of California

DIRECT REPLY TO:
Jeffery N. Lüthi Clerk of the Panel One Columbus Circle, NE Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building Room G-255, North Lobby Washington, D.C. 20002 Telephone: [202] 502-2800 Fax: [202] 502-2888 http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov

January 5, 2008 James W. McCormack, Clerk 402 U.S. Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, AR 77201-3325 Re: MDL No. 1507 -- IN RE: Prempro Products Liability Litigation (See Attached CTO-154) Dear Mr. McCormack: Attached as a PDF document is a certified copy of a conditional transfer order filed by the Panel in the above-captioned matter on December 16, 2008. As stipulated in Rule 7.4(a) of the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 199 F.R.D. 425, 435-36 (2001), transmittal of the order has been stayed 15 days to give any party an opportunity to oppose the transfer. The 15-day period has now elapsed, no opposition was received, and the order is directed to you for filing. The Panel's governing statute, 28 U.S.C. §1407, requires that the transferee clerk "...transmit a certified copy of the Panel's order to transfer to the clerk of the district court from which the action is being transferred." A list of involved counsel is attached to this letter. Very truly, Jeffery N. Lüthi Clerk of the Panel

By Jakeia Mells Deputy Clerk Attachments (Conditional Transfer Order is a Separate Document) cc: Transferee Judge: Judge William R. Wilson, Jr. JPML Form 36A

IN RE: PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 1507

INVOLVED COUNSEL LIST (CTO-154)

John P. Borger FAEGRE & BENSON LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 Ronald S. Goldser ZIMMERMAN REED PLLP 651 Nicollet Mall, Suite 501 Minneapolis, MN 55402-4123 Brian A. Goldstein CELLINO & BARNES PC 2500 Main Place Tower 350 Main Street, 25th Floor Buffalo, NY 14202-3725 F. Lane Heard III WILLIAMS & CONNELLY LLP Edward Bennett Williams Building 725 12th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005-5901 Patrick Lysaught BAKER STERCHI COWDEN & RICE LLC 2400 Pershing Road, Suite 500 Kansas City, MO 64108-2504 James C. MacGillis TREPANIER & MACGILLIS PA 8000 Flour Exchange Building 310 Fourth Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55415 Russell Marlin GARY EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES P.O. Box 3887 Little Rock, AR 72203

Ted G. Meadows BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES PC P.O. Box 4160 234 Commerce Street Montgomery, AL 36103-4160 Lyn Peeples Pruitt MITCHELL WILLIAMS SELIG GATES & WOODYARD PLLC 425 West Capitol Avenue Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Alan E. Rothman KAYE SCHOLER LLP 425 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022-3598 Gina M. Saelinger ULMER & BERNE LLP 600 Vine Street Suite 2800 Cincinnati, OH 45202 James D. Sill SILL BEADLES JOHNSON BISCONE & WHITE P.O. Box 3759 Shawnee, OK 74802-3759