SANDERS et al v. ETHICON, INC. et al

Filing 39

ORDER THAT THIS CASE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE CLERK OF COURT IS DIRECTED TO PROMPTLY TRANSFER THIS MATTER TO THE CLERK OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE ETHICON DEFENDANTS SHALL NOT OBJECT TO ANY SUBPOENA ISSUED BY PLAINTIFFS TO EMPLOYEES OF THE ETHICON DEFENDANTS LOCATED WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA AT THE TIME OF SUBPOENA ISSUANCE.. SIGNED BY HONORABLE MARK A. KEARNEY ON 4/16/2015. 4/16/2015 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED, E-MAILED.(kp, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

JENNIFER A. SANDERS, et al.

CIVIL ACTION

vs.
NO. 14-7253
ETHICON, INC., et al.

ORDER

AND NOW, this 16th day of April 2015, under 28 U.S.C. §1404(a), and considering the
parties' memoranda on venue including Defendants' request for transfer to the United States
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (ECF Doc. Nos. 36 & 37), and in accord
with the accompanying Memorandum, it is ORDERED that this case is TRANSFERRED to
the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Plaintiffs' home forum.
The Clerk of this Court is directed to promptly transfer this matter to the Clerk of the United
States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, consistent with the Declaration of counsel for Ethicon,
Inc., Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (the
"Ethicon Defendants"), that the Ethicon Defendants shall not object, on the basis of Fed.R.Civ.P.
45(c)(l)(A), to any subpoena issued by Plaintiffs to employees of the Ethicon Defendants located
within one hundred (100) miles of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania at the time of subpoena
issuance.