In Re: Prempro Products et al

Filing 2043

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO-164) from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that the five actions (see image for complete listing)in this Order, now pending in the Northern District of Iowa (1); District of Minnesota (1); District of North Dakota (1); District of South Carolina (1); and Southern District of Texas (1), are transferred to the Eastern District of Arkansas as part of MDL 1507. Signed by Clerk of Panel on 5/20/09. (Attachments: #1 Transfer Letter/Service Lists)(mkf)

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

MEMBERS:

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

David R. Hansen United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit W. Royal Furgeson, Jr. United States District Court Northern District of Texas 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

May 20, 2009 James W. McCormack, Clerk 402 U.S. Courthouse 600 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, AR 72201-3325 Re: MDL No. 1507 -- IN RE: Prempro Products Liability Litigation (See Attached CTO-164) Dear Mr. McCormack: Attached as a PDF document is a certified copy a conditional transfer order filed by the Panel in the above-captioned matter on May 4, 2009. 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." The Panel has ordered that its Rule 1.6(a), pertaining to transfer of files, be suspended for purposes of this litigation. Accordingly, the transferee district clerk shall request, and the transferor district clerk shall forward, only those files deemed necessary by the transferee district court. A list of involved counsel, judges and clerks is attached.

Very truly, Jeffery N. Lüthi Clerk of the Panel

By Darion Payne Deputy Clerk Attachments cc: Transferee Judge: Judge William R. Wilson, Jr. JPML Form 36C

IN RE: PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 1507

INVOLVED COUNSEL LIST (CTO-164)

John P. Borger FAEGRE & BENSON LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 Dell P. Chappell NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP 1320 Main Street 17th Floor Columbia, SC 29201 Angela Ellen Dralle DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 801 Grand Avenue Suite 3900 Des Moines, IA 50309 F. Lane Heard, III WILLIAMS & CONNELLY LLP Edward Bennett Williams Building 725 12th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005-5901 Larry D. Helvey LARRY HELVEY LAW FIRM 2735 First Avenue, S.E. Suite 101 Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 William G. Holt GARY EUBANKS & ASSOCIATES P.O. Box 3887 Little Rock, AR 72203-3887 Gregory Sean Jez FLEMING & ASSOCIATES LLP 1330 Post Oak Blvd. Suite 3030 Houston, TX 77056 Gerald D. Jowers, Jr. JANET JENNER & SUGGS LLC 500 Taylor Street Suite 301 Columbia, SC 29201

Michael R. Klatt CLARK THOMAS & WINTERS 300 West Sixth Street Suite 1500 P.O. Box 1148 Austin, TX 78767-1148 Patrick Lysaught BAKER STERCHI COWDEN & RICE LLC 2400 Pershing Road Suite 500 Kansas City, MO 64108-2504 Ted G. Meadows BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES PC 234 Commerce Street P.O. Box 4160 Montgomery, AL 36103-4160 Mike J. Miller SOLBERG STEWART MILLER & TJON P.O. Box 1897 Fargo, ND 58107-1897 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

IN RE: PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 1507

INVOLVED JUDGES LIST (CTO-164)

Hon. Ralph R. Erickson U.S. District Judge 410 Quentin N. Burdick U.S. Courthouse 655 First Avenue North Fargo, ND 58102 Hon. Paul A. Magnuson Senior U.S. District Judge 734 Warren E. Burger Federal Building 316 North Robert Street St. Paul, MN 55101 Honorable David C. Norton Chief Judge United States District Court Post Office Box 835 Charleston, SC 29402-0835 Hon. Linda R. Reade Chief Judge, U.S. District Court U.S. District Court 4200 C Street, SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Hon. Ewing Werlein, Jr. Senior U.S. District Judge 11521 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 515 Rusk Avenue Houston, TX 77002-2600

IN RE: PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 1507

INVOLVED CLERKS LIST (CTO-164)

Robert L. Phelps, Clerk 101 First Street SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 Richard Sletten, Clerk 202 U.S. Courthouse 300 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415 Edward J. Klecker, Clerk 130 Quentin N. Burdick U.S. Courthouse 655 First Avenue North Fargo, ND 58107 Larry W. Propes, Clerk Matthew J. Perry, Jr. U.S. Courthouse 901 Richland Street Columbia, SC 29201-2328 Michael N. Milby, Clerk United States District Court P.O. Box 61010 Houston, TX 77208-1010