Mares v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Filing 4

MDL ORDER. Case transferred to the District of Maryland. CASE CLOSED.(Donati, J)

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Case MDL No. 2775 Document 102 Filed 05/04/17 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL on MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION FILED May 05, 2017 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA IN RE: SMITH & NEPHEW BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING (BHR) HIP IMPLANT PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL No. 2775 (SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE) CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO 4) On April 5, 2017, the Panel transferred 21 civil action(s) to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. See _F.Supp.3d_ (J.P.M.L. 2017). Since that time, 15 additional action(s) have been transferred to the District of Maryland. With the consent of that court, all such actions have been assigned to the Honorable Catherine C. Blake. It appears that the action(s) on this conditional transfer order involve questions of fact that are common to the actions previously transferred to the District of Maryland and assigned to Judge Blake. Pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the action(s) on the attached schedule are transferred under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to the District of Maryland for the reasons stated in the order of April 5, 2017, and, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Catherine C. Blake. This order does not become effective until it is filed in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The transmittal of this order to said Clerk shall be stayed 7 days from the entry thereof. If any party files a notice of opposition with the Clerk of the Panel within this 7 day period, the stay will be continued until further order of the Panel. FOR THE PANEL: May 04, 2017 Jeffery N. Lüthi Clerk of the Panel May 05, 2017 I hereby attest and certify on ________________ that the foregoing document is a fu copy of the originals on file in my office and in my legal custody. FELICIA C. CANNON CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MARYLAND By Deputy Case MDL No. 2775 Document 102 Filed 05/04/17 Page 2 of 2 IN RE: SMITH & NEPHEW BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING (BHR) HIP IMPLANT PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION SCHEDULE CTO 4 DIST DIV. MDL No. 2775 TAG ALONG ACTIONS C.A.NO. CASE CAPTION 17 00643 Mares v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. CALIFORNIA EASTERN CAE 2 CCB-17-1235

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