S.X.A.M. et al v. Doe Run Resources Corporation, The et al

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Initial Trial Pool cases of plaintiffs EACGP (# 976) and ARLC (# 865) from List A are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the cases of the 16 plaintiffs from List B who failed to pr oduce signed profile sheets are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the cases of 531 of the 532 plaintiffs from List C who failed produce notarized profile sheets by November 11, 2022 are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The case plaintiff ACGS (# 1999) on List C is not dismissed and remains open. Signed by District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on 1/26/2023. (KEK)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION J.Y.C.C., et al., Plaintiffs, v. DOE RUN RESOURCES, CORP., et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 4:15 CV 1704 RWS MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiffs in this matter allege that they have been injured by exposure to toxic substances, specifically lead, released from metallurgical mining operations in La Oroya, Peru at a smelter facility owned and controlled by Defendants. On January 7, 2016, the parties filed a joint proposed scheduling plan setting out case deadlines and requirements. Plaintiffs proposed that a uniform “Plaintiff Profile Sheet” would be completed by each plaintiff, signed under oath, and notarized. On February 24, 2016, I issued the initial case management order that adopted Plaintiffs’ proposal and required each plaintiff to complete a profile sheet and produce it to Defendants by March 25, 2016. As hundreds of more plaintiffs’ claims against Defendants were consolidated with this case I issued additional case management orders requiring Plaintiffs to provide Defendants with signed and notarized profile sheets by specific deadlines. Since 2016 I have granted multiple extensions of time to Plaintiffs to produce signed and notarized profile sheets. On June 23, 2020, I issued a case management order stating that if an individual plaintiff failed to produce a timely signed and notarized profile sheet then Defendants could file a motion for a show cause order why the plaintiff’s case should not be dismissed with prejudice. On November 6, 2020, Defendants filed a motion for a show cause order directed to Plaintiffs on why the plaintiffs in Trial Groups A-I should not be dismissed with prejudice for failing to provide completed profile sheets by the deadlines set out in previous case orders. On December 17, 2020, after a status conference, I issued an order denying Defendants’ motion for a show cause order and granted Plaintiffs yet another extension of time to produce complete profile sheets. The order directed Plaintiffs to produce all outstanding profile sheets in Trial Groups A-J by February 15, 2021 and all outstanding profile sheets in Trial Group K by March 1, 2021. At the status conference I warned Plaintiffs that these would be “drop dead” dates and that Plaintiffs’ past delays at producing profile sheets would normally be unacceptable but in light of the challenges imposed by the COVID pandemic I would permit one more extension of time. On January 19, 2021, after a status conference held on that date, I issued an 2 order granting Plaintiffs yet another extension of time to produce any outstanding profile sheets no later than March 1, 2021. At the conference I told Plaintiffs’ counsel the production of the profile sheets had to be completed. On April 29, 2022, more than a year after my March 1, 2021 order, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss with prejudice the cases of plaintiffs who had failed to produce signed and notarized profile sheets. This motion was made after six years of litigation over this production and multiple extensions of time to allow Plaintiffs to obtain compliant profile sheets. Defendants noted that of the approximately 2,200 plaintiffs, 256 plaintiffs have not signed a completed profile sheet and 1,257 plaintiffs have not had their profile sheets notarized. Defendants sought dismissal based on these plaintiffs’ failure to prosecute their cases and for failing to comply with my multiple orders to produce profile sheets by given deadlines. Defendants asserted that they have been prejudiced by Plaintiffs’ failure to produce complete profile sheets. They assert that profile sheets which are not notarized renders them to be incomplete and procedurally invalid. Defendants argue that not having valid profile sheets prevents them from assessing the individual plaintiffs’ cases and hampers their ability to make their 14 trial case selections. On June 22, 2022, Plaintiffs filed an opposition to Defendants’ motion asserting that the delay in producing completed profile sheets was based, in part, 3 on the difficulty of obtaining information from the plaintiffs in the remote and impoverished area that is the La Oroya region as well as the number of records and the documentation involved in this litigation. In addition, Plaintiffs stated that there was only one notary that served the entire La Oroya region and beginning in May 2016 that notary was in ill health and only provided notary services one day a week. The notary passed away in November 2018 and was not replaced until the end of 2019. The closest notary service during that period was located in the town of Tarma an hour and a half away. In 2020, because of the global COVID pandemic, no notarization services were undertaken in Tarma or La Oroya. In 2021, the notary’s office reopened in La Oroya by the prior notary’s son. Plaintiffs asserted that the failure to produce signed and notarized profile sheets does not merit a dismissal with prejudice of individual plaintiffs’ cases. Plaintiffs also asserted that Defendants’ motion to dismiss should be denied because Defendants were required to file a motion for a show cause order if they wanted to challenge plaintiffs’ failure to comply with my orders setting the deadlines for profile sheet production. Plaintiffs requested that a new schedule should be set to allow the production of notarized profile sheets on a rolling basis. On July 8, 2022, Defendants filed a reply brief in support of their motion to dismiss. Defendants argued that Plaintiffs’ reasons for not producing timely 4 notarized profile sheets are not valid. Defendants asserted that 900 unnotarized profile sheets were produced by Plaintiffs between 2013 and 2017 long before the death of the sole notary in La Oroya. Defendants noted that they could not find any notarized profile sheets that were notarized in Tarma between November 2018 through 2019 when Plaintiffs asserted they had to go to Tarma because there was not a notary in La Oroya. Defendants also noted that they have not received any profile sheets that were notarized in La Oroya from the beginning of 2021 through July 8, 2022, the date of their reply brief. Defendants pointed out that Plaintiffs acknowledge that a notary was available in La Oroya during that time. On July 19, 2022, a status conference was held in this matter and the parties addressed Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Defendants acknowledged that since the filing of their motion Plaintiff produced 241 signature pages for plaintiffs’ profile sheets missing signatures. That left only 22 plaintiffs who failed to produce a signed profile sheet. There were still 1,257 plaintiffs who failed to provide notarized fact sheets. Defendants moved to have all of these cases dismissed with prejudice for failing to comply with the many orders imposing deadlines to produce these completed profile sheets. Plaintiffs countered that they should be permitted to produce the completed profile sheets on a rolling basis at the rate of 100 profiles a month. That proposal ignored the fact that this production was long 5 overdue, that Plaintiffs had received numerous extensions to produce over the past six years, and that based on Plaintiffs’ proposal, the production would not be completed for another year. I denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ cases in which a completed profile sheet had not been produced. Plaintiffs’ argument that Defendants’ motion to dismiss was not proper because Defendants needed to file a motion for a show cause order first is unavailing. Plaintiffs have been on notice for years that the completed profile sheets must be produced and they have failed to comply with numerous deadlines set out in my orders. However, I gave Plaintiffs one last opportunity to produce complete profile sheets. I ordered that any Initial Trial Pool Plaintiffs who had not produced signed and notarized profile sheets had to produce them no later than July 22, 2023. I ordered that the 22 plaintiffs whose profile sheets were missing signatures had to be produced no later than August 19, 2022. I ordered that the 1,257 plaintiffs who produced unnotarized profile sheets had to have notarizations produced no later October 31, 2022. I directed the parties to file joint memorandums on the outcome of these productions. I stated that, absent a cataclysmic event, these deadlines were solid. On July 29, 2022, the parties filed a joint memorandum regarding the production of the Initial Trial Pool Plaintiffs’ production of signed and notarized 6 fact sheets. Defendants moved to dismiss the following 12 Initial Trial Pool Plaintiffs’ cases for failing to produce the signed notarized profile sheet by July 22, 2022: List A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Initials CCAL HAO GNAA CECC SACC EACGP JRHC AJVHA ARLC GAPE GFRC JMSV PLF ID No. 230 672 14 961 962 976 1006 1011 865 1067 827 1096 Federal Case No. 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:17-cv-00797-CDP On August 9, 2022, Plaintiffs produced signed and notarized profile sheets for three plaintiffs on this list: CCAL, HAO, and GFRC. I will allow these three plaintiffs’ cases to remain active, despite their production being 18 days late. Plaintiffs agree to dismiss the cases of EACGP, AJVHA, and JMSV. In addition, the cases of GNAA, CECC, SACC, JRHC, AJVHA, GAPE, and JMSV are already being dismissed in a separate order entered this day for failing to appear at the plaintiff verification process this past May and June. As a result, only two plaintiffs’ cases on this list remain subject to dismissal, EACGP (agreed to by Plaintiffs) and ARLC (opposed by Plaintiffs). 7 On August 26, the parties filed a joint memorandum regarding the production by the 22 plaintiffs who were missing signed profile sheets reporting that only 6 of the plaintiffs produced the required document by August 19, 2022. Defendants moved to dismiss the following 16 plaintiffs’ cases for failing to produce a signed profile sheet: List B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Initials AIBAP ALBC JBHH VDHH MRMD JNOC JJOE RDPA ASRC SRE ZKVM FSZQ TRZQ GPAE CECV SMGE PLF ID No. 217 650 628 619 192 198 196 1617 636 178 1358 234 170 1436 1711 1404 Federal Case No. 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01957-RWS Plaintiffs stated that five of these plaintiffs, AIBAP, ALBC, FSZQ, TRZQ, and CECV have informed Plaintiffs’ counsel that they wish to withdraw their case and these cases should be dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiffs asserted that the remaining 11 plaintiffs’ cases should not be dismissed. On November 14, 2022, the parties filed a memorandum regarding the 1,257 8 plaintiffs who had failed to produce notarized profile sheets. As of the October 31, 2022 deadline for production, 532 plaintiffs failed to produce them. Defendants moved to have the following 532 cases dismissed with prejudice: List C No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Initials GNAA RFCY JAQA LARA JEVP JNVP LRVP JABF YKMY TRZQ RCV SRE MAV MRMD JNOC LLC AKGM AIBAP GJV FSZQ JCVS TTP AAEAT SKPJ HKAV KCPA EDR JFHM LGAG JMF Trial Group A A A A A A A B A A A A A A A A A A a A A B B B B C C C C C Plaintiff ID No. 14 31 71 78 87 88 89 130 169 170 176 178 184 192 198 202 211 217 232 234 238 310 338 361 382 434 495 509 531 541 9 Federal Case No. 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4:16-cv-00060-RLW 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 4:16-cv-00061-JAR 4:16-cv-00634-JAR 4:16-cv-00634-JAR 4:16-cv-00634-JAR 4:16-cv-00749-AGF 4:16-cv-00822-AGF 4:16-cv-00822-AGF 4:16-cv-00822-AGF 4:16-cv-00822-AGF 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. GVO PJLP VDHH MRVP EBVP GCYC KTPM JBHH MACS LJOH ERAP FPSP EDVV ADOH MDAPM MEVDC MAMB NMVP SSJR EGCS ALBC CAOG LYAA GMQR SBCS PCEL APG EAFS PAFS NRJC NJMZ OJEI NAMZ JMHC BDRR DCBR SPBJ MLBV NCI ELCR 551 611 619 621 622 624 626 628 632 635 637 638 640 641 642 643 646 647 648 649 650 651 653 657 662 667 668 670 673 674 675 677 680 685 689 697 701 702 703 708 C C D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D 10 4:16-cv-00829-RLW 4:16-cv-00829-RLW 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. BACS BPCT PDES GSHV TKHE RJLR and RJFLR JJLS MBLS ADMC KMSC YYSP DRYC LFZE ELZC JPSV GACR DSBC DMMO NLTC MNRA LHAR MBRA JKBC MJVDLC CEVC AGVDLC JLAY GFTF JCIR XAAV SXAO NESV MMLR EARV KLA LWFS AKAMH JARI NHEV D D D D D 716 717 720 726 727 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D 729 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 730 731 734 746 748 756 757 758 760 762 766 773 774 775 776 778 779 785 786 787 788 790 792 796 800 802 805 807 808 811 815 816 817 11 110. 111. 112. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. SXAM LSVDLC HNAP YMBH SDCM SAEC ARFR TCFR PJGA SAHZ XIHZ SAHL KMLC BIPG(?) OAQG RMQG CAVG SMBL WYAL ADAR DNAJ HJAT LRAT SNAC DAM REAM JGCB CECC SACC JFCT AECR ECD LNCD DLCV JJCDLP ACCD DRCD EHDC MGDC AFFJ D D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E F F F 818 822 832 838 845 855 858 859 860 861 862 863 866 874 877 878 884 913 918 927 928 929 930 938 942 943 956 961 962 963 968 971 972 973 983 985 986 990 991 997 12 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 4:16-cv-01751-RWS 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. KNFR ADGM JNHC JRHC RJHC YFHC AJVHA BEHH JSHH NSHH JFJO GLJN AJJS GALH VNMB LLMV EIMP JDMR LAOA BAOJ YMOR DDOG ZOT MAPM AVPJ NKPH GAPE ZCQO GHQL TAQL KYRC LARA WSRA FESV JMSV BESS YGSS YRSS AYGTR MGTR F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 999 1002 1005 1006 1007 1008 1011 1012 1013 1014 1017 1022 1023 1026 1031 1032 1037 1041 1050 1053 1054 1056 1059 1062 1063 1065 1067 1075 1078 1079 1082 1084 1085 1095 1096 1097 1103 1104 1109 1110 13 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200. 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220. 221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. KSVT APVR DRVR JJVC WFVC YPVR GLYL SMZG KFBE EGMV ERFC CILP LDRT LDAS JAAO YAAA HGAC JFAM RKAA JEAE IFBM MJBC AYBG JMBG BLCC EZCE ANCR WHCS BRCC VMCC LYCC ESCB LYCZ RJET MAEP DJEI SFEP KEGR IGHM DJJR 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1130 1131 1139 1142 1146 1149 1151 1152 1155 1157 1159 1162 1165 1167 1169 1170 1172 1175 1176 1177 1180 1181 1182 1186 1189 1192 1193 1194 1196 1198 1202 1204 F F F F F F F F F F F F H G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G 14 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 4:17-cv-01225-SPM 4:17-cv-01225-SPM 4:17-cv-01225-SPM 4:17-cv-01225-SPM 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 231. 232. 233. 234. 235. 236. 237. 238. 239. 240. 241. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250. 251. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. 260. 261. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 270. DJTA MLVQ LEAT GJAS SMAQ KAFAA MJAA LYCC HCCM NLCZ AGFM KAGM GXGT MYGS MNHQ JLIC JCLL AAMA GANF SSNF GARO ERTA TAVA YCVA MSVB IVH RCZC RANO AZEP SCBV YMBV LWCE GOCM CJEH FJHM YRMP ELMMT NAPC NLPR JQQT 1214 1215 1220 1221 1226 1227 1228 1234 1235 1237 1239 1241 1242 1243 1247 1253 1256 1261 1266 1267 1273 1276 1279 1280 1284 1286 1288 1290 1292 1296 1297 1298 1300 1315 1318 1322 1326 1328 1332 1334 G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G I I I I I I I I I I I 15 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280. 281. 282. 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290. 291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. PARH JCSR MASR ESS FSS YBSS ATSS AGTS JOVS KAVS ZKVM AVAS KCKA YAAA ALAP BSAP ZLAC AMAP NNBG ASCP FFCP LAFR SMGE GMHA EJLDLC VALDLC JERB JGSS GAAV PBJAC JAB KJPBC MYBP KSCR LMECR MNCC JCP AVCR JJCR ANCC 1335 1341 1342 1349 1350 1351 1352 1353 1356 1357 1358 1362 1363 1364 1365 1366 1368 1380 1390 1395 1396 1402 1404 1405 1411 1412 1422 1428 1435 1438 1442 1444 1445 1446 1447 1448 1450 1451 1452 1453 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I G G G G G G G G G G G G 16 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 311. 312. 313. 314. 315. 316. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321. 322. 323. 324. 325. 326. 327. 328. 329. 330. 331. 332. 333. 334. 335. 336. 337. 338. 339. 340. 341. 342. 343. 344. 345. 346. 347. 348. 349. 350. ASCT ZBFS EAHL YNMC DFMV ALMC SJPM ASPC JDQC SXQM LNQR LCRH BATE ITE RYTE JJRG EPRG TJVM SFRC ZMZS JCGA RFA ABAM KJBG ALCZ AEHL KSLN JBMS BSRH AFRM CIVDLC JMVQ RVB LGYL JFYG SYZP XDZC AIZR BCHE BDMS 1456 1461 1462 1466 1469 1470 1472 1473 1474 1479 1480 1485 1487 1488 1489 1495 1496 1503 1506 1507 1517 1518 1519 1521 1523 1525 1529 1531 1534 1537 1542 1550 1552 1553 1557 1559 1563 1565 1567 1573 G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H 17 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 351. 352. 353. 354. 355. 356. 357. 358. 359. 360. 361. 362. 363. 364. 365. 366. 367. 368. 369. 370. 371. 372. 373. 374. 375. 376. 377. 378. 379. 380. 381. 382. 383. 384. 385. 386. 387. 388. 389. 390. TSMP ABME BJMC BAMC LMMG PCMG NCMC GJML MNML AVNC JSOT JAOR MAOR SYOL SPPM XYPM IHPDLC JAPB MJPB SJPH FMPB LJPB LAPO LMQA NMQA JCQC PAQL LCAB YVEP GVGE JCHB FLHZ MAHZ MMHF YVJQ AJJH MJLC SNLC CRLB RRLB 1575 1576 1577 1582 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1596 1599 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1621 1622 1624 1630 1631 1632 1635 1636 1637 1645 1652 1655 1656 1663 1670 1671 1674 1675 1677 1678 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H I I I I I I I I I I I I I 18 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 391. 392. 393. 394. 395. 396. 397. 398. 399. 400. 401. 402. 403. 404. 405. 406. 407. 408. 409. 410. 411. 412. 413. 414. 415. 416. 417. 418. 419. 420. 421. 422. 423. 424. 425. 426. 427. 428. 429. 430. AOLC YXLC MKLF YMLP CJLB ZMLS ISLE MSLL JLMH AAMH IISC NBCL CTCP JRCA CECV DRCV JJCV AECC SYCC KACC SRCT YMCT BDCB LSCC AJCZ JJDR JYDLOQ NADLOQ NADSV MSER DNEA BJEC JJEY JYEM YNEM NBEP JAER GYGZ JKHC JEHC 1681 1682 1683 1685 1687 1688 1689 1690 1692 1693 1698 1705 1706 1709 1711 1713 1714 1717 1718 1721 1725 1726 1729 1730 1735 1737 1742 1743 1744 1746 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1756 1761 1762 1763 I I I I I I I I I I I J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J 19 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 431. 432. 433. 434. 435. 436. 437. 438. 439. 440. 441. 442. 443. 444. 445. 446. 447. 448. 449. 450. 451. 452. 453. 454. 455. 456. 457. 458. 459. 460. 461. 462. 463. 464. 465. 466. 467. 468. 469. 470. JJHC KEHC LEHC ALAC FWAA SBAE JHBA SABM XABM NRBH ALBZ PJBZ KWCA BKCC PJCC SSCC EJCA YBCA YNCM ZNCM JRCP LRCP ARGB EBMS MBHA ESRA LERQ AERG ESRG JJRJ ASRP ESRP MJRP RRRP FBRZ SSRZ JLRH YRA FJRE HBRE 1764 1765 1766 1772 1773 1779 1787 1790 1792 1793 1796 1797 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1818 1819 1824 1825 1830 1832 1843 1848 1855 1856 1857 1859 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1872 1879 1881 1882 J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H 20 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 471. 472. 473. 474. 475. 476. 477. 478. 479. 480. 481. 482. 483. 484. 485. 486. 487. 488. 489. 490. 491. 492. 493. 494. 495. 496. 497. 498. 499. 500. 501. 502. 503. 504. 505. 506. 507. 508. 509. 510. MIRL YCRL AJSP IASP ASSB DASB INSB DRTM VUC KAVC DJAR MEAR GDAB NACP TACC BCN APDO EAFP JAGY JLIB EJPU JGQM JRRP YPSP ACSM NASO AFSZ DKTM YYTM DPUI EWVB ZRVB LDZC JTZM SRSC MRMD CLAC JIAC SYAC VMAD 1883 1884 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1905 1908 1910 1913 1914 1915 1922 1925 1926 1927 1928 1930 1932 1939 1942 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1962 1964 1971 1974 1981 1982 1983 1984 H H H H H H H H H H J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J K K K K K K 21 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 4:17-cv-02858 4:18-cv-00560-CDP 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 511. 512. 513. 514. 515. 516. 517. 518. 519. 520. 521. 522. 523. 524. 525. 526. 527. 528. 529. 530. 531. 532. ZBBA ANCC DSCR AMDLSC ACGS LSHA AYMR LMM MSNF IPPM NAQD RLRSC AMRC NARC RSRS JBRP DTSR SNSA JASU JJTM ERTF TSZR 1987 1989 1994 1996 1999 2000 2007 2010 2012 2014 2024 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2036 2037 2038 2042 2043 2048 K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS Defendants report that an additional 15 plaintiffs produced their notarized profile sheets on November 11, 2022, eleven days after the October 31, 2022 deadline and request the dismissal of the following cases for untimely production: List D No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Initials AAAH MNAT CJLB LCJA DRRC ABLB Trial Group E E G G G H Plaintiff ID No. 919 937 1225 1465 1505 1528 22 Federal Case No. 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. PIOB DMRB NEAM ACSM ACJR ACCJ RRAC YJAC ACGS H H K K K K K K K 1601 1880 1967 1978 1979 1980 1985 1986 1999 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 4:17-cv-02207-HEA 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 4:18-cv-00638-RWS I note that only plaintiff ACGS (# 1999) appears on the list of 532 plaintiff above. I will allow these 15 plaintiffs to cases to remain active, despite their production being 11 days late. I have given Plaintiffs multiple extensions of time to produce plaintiff profile sheets. The vast majority of cases Defendants seek to dismiss were filed before 2018 with a few filed in 2018. Plaintiffs have had multiple years to obtain signed and notarized profile sheets. Despite the barriers Plaintiffs faced in obtaining notarizations in 2016 through 2020, it is undisputed that a notary was once again available in La Oroya in 2021. Plaintiffs failed to get the plaintiffs’ profile sheets at issue notarized despite having all of 2021 through July of 2022 to do so. I find that the plaintiffs identified supra who failed to produce a completed profile sheet by the required deadlines (except as otherwise noted) have violated my discovery orders without cause. As a result, I will dismiss these plaintiffs’ cases with prejudice for failing to prosecute their cases and for failing to comply 23 with the deadlines I set in discovery production orders. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); see also Arnold v. ADT Sec. Servs., Inc., 627 F.3d 716, 722 (8th Cir. 2010) (“dismissal with prejudice is an extreme sanction that should be used only in cases of willful disobedience of a court order or where a litigant exhibits a pattern of intentional delay.”) I find that Plaintiffs have intentionally not completed this production when they had ample opportunity to do so before the onset of the COVID pandemic and from January 2021 through July 2022. Despite Plaintiffs’ assertions that they were concentrating their efforts on the the production of documents in the Initial Trial Pool cases, the issue of producing completed profile sheets was constantly addressed for the past several years of this litigation. At the July 19, 2022 status conference, Plaintiffs opposed the dismissal with prejudice of cases missing notarizations. Plaintiffs proposed a lesser “sanction” of a rolling production that would not be completed for a year. That is not a sanction. Nor would the lesser sanction of dismissal without prejudice be appropriate. That too would not be a sanction, it would simply be yet another extension of time to allow these plaintiffs to comply with my multiple orders and expired production deadlines. Defendants are entitled to finality with these plaintiffs’ failure to prosecute their cases and comply with Court orders. Accordingly, 24 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Initial Trial Pool cases of plaintiffs EACGP (# 976) and ARLC (# 865) from List A are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the cases of the 16 plaintiffs from List B who failed to produce signed profile sheets are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the cases of 531 of the 532 plaintiffs from List C who failed produce notarized profile sheets by November 11, 2022 are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The case plaintiff ACGS (# 1999) on List C is not dismissed and remains open. _________________________________ RODNEY W. SIPPEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dated this 26th day of January, 2023. 25

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