Smith et al. v. Pfizer Inc. et al.

Filing 20

SUGGESTION OF REMAND ORDER signed by District Judge Patti B. Saris of the District of Massachusetts. Action is remanded back to the Eastern District of California. (Robles, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
)
IN RE NEURONTIN MARKETING,
)
SALES PRACTICES, & PRODUCTS
)
LIABILITY LITIGATION
) MDL NO. 1629
________________________________)
)
THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
) CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-10981-PBS
ALL PRODUCTS LIABILITY ACTIONS )
)
SUGGESTION OF REMAND ORDER
April 19, 2011
Saris, U.S.D.J.
The Court, having reviewed the pro se cases listed in
Attachment A, finds and rules as follows:
Common discovery and other coordinated pretrial proceedings
have been completed.

This Court has issued several opinions on

cross-cutting issues in the products liability cases.

See In re

Neurontin Mktg., Sales Practices, & Prods. Liab. Litig., 2011 WL
1048971 (D. Mass. Mar. 18, 2011); In re Neurontin Mktg., Sales
Practices, & Prods. Liab. Litig., 2009 WL 3756328 (D. Mass. Aug.
14, 2009); In re Neurontin Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Liab.
Litig., 618 F. Supp. 2d 96 (D. Mass 2009); In re Neurontin Mktg.,
Sales Practices, & Prods. Liab. Litig., 612 F. Supp. 2d 116 (D.
Mass. 2009).

While case-specific discovery has not yet been

completed in these cases, all remaining issues are case-specific.
Because plaintiffs are pro se, individual discovery and other
pretrial matters are better resolved in their home districts.

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Pursuant to Rule 10.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the Court issues its
Suggestion of Remand Order in the cases listed in Attachment A.
The Clerk is ORDERED to provide copies of this Order to the
Clerk of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and to
the clerks of the transferor district courts.

/s/ PATTI B. SARIS
PATTI B. SARIS
United States District Judge

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ATTACHMENT A
PLAINTIFF

D. MASS.
DOCKET NO.

TRANSFEROR COURT/ DOCKET NO.

Adkins, Donna Joyce

06-10539

Southern District of West
Virginia; Case Number 06-cv0028

Beckworth, Dorothy

06-12213

Middle District of Florida;
Case Number 2:06-cv-00538JES

Bel Bruno, Steven

05-11153

District of New Jersey; Case
Number 2:05-cv-01682

Brown, Sidney

05-11037

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 1:05-cv00237

Cascio, Joseph

06-10536

District of New Jersey; Case
Number 06-cv-00058

Cook, Earl Richard

06-10777

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 06-cv00980

Cunningham, Brenda

05-11503

District of Kansas; Case
Number 5:05-cv-04012

Dane, Krystie

05-12384

Eastern District of
Missouri; Case Number 4:05cv-01376-CAS

Dees, John

05-11028

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 1:04-cv09304

Edwards, Keith P.

05-11701

Southern District of Ohio;
Case Number 2:05-cv-00657

Fenelon, James

06-11581

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 1:06-cv04136-JSR

Isaacs, Debra

07-10630

District of Minnesota; Case
Number 07-cv-1216

Long, Patti
(Sylvester)

06-11582

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 1:06-cv04285-JSR

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PLAINTIFF

D. MASS.
DOCKET NO.

TRANSFEROR COURT/ DOCKET NO.

Lynch, Cynthia Ulett

07-11280

Western District of Texas;
Case Number 6:07-cv-00169

Marzolo, Paul

05-12387

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 1:05-cv07828-JSR

Montgomery, William

05-11032

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 1:05-cv00073

Mustafa, Fazila

06-11394

Southern District of
Illinois; Case Number 3:06cv-00349-GPM

Populis, Theodore

05-11030

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 1:04-cv10265

Reilly, Arthur

07-12236

District of Minnesota; Case
Number 0:07-cv-04428

Richey, Linda

05-12000

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 05-cv07103-JSR

Sanutti, Grace

05-11702 &
05-11750

Eastern District of
Pennsylvania; Case Number
2:05-cv-03401

Smith, Rosemary

06-10535

Eastern District of
California; Case Number
1:05-cv-01594-REC

Stadler, Jason

08-11330

District of Minnesota; Case
Number 0:08-cv-03295

Sumait, Rosalia

05-10832

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 1:04-cv08719-JSR

Teater, Teresa

05-12123

District of Oregon; Case
Number 3:05-cv-00604-HU

Vinyard, Janice

07-12233

Northern District of
Florida; Case Number 3:07cv-00438-MCR

Werner, Carole

05-11994

Southern District of New
York; Case Number 05-cv06084-JSR