Esteves et al v. American Medical Systems, Inc. et al

Filing 6

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER. Case transferred to the District of West Virginia Southern. Signed by Jeffery N. Luthi, Clerk of the Panel on 10/29/2013. (Oliver, T.) [Transferred from Connecticut on 10/29/2013.]

UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL

on
MULTlDISTRICT LITIGATION

IN RE: AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.,
PELYIC REPAIR SYSTEM PRODUCTS
LIABILITY LITIGATION

MOL No. 2325

(SEE AlTACHEO SC HEDULE)

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO - 131)

On February 7, 2012 , the Panel transferred 80 civil action(s) to the United Sta les Di strict Court for
the Southern Distri ct of West Virginia [or coordinated or consol idated pretrial proceedings pursuant

to 28 U.S .C. § 1407. See 844 F .Supp.2d 1359 (J,P .M.L. 2012). Since th at time, 973 additional
act ion(s) have been tra nsferred to the Southern District of West Virginia. With the conse nt ortha!
coun, all such actions have been assigned to the Hono rabl e Joseph R Goodwin .

It a ppears that the aCl io n(s) on this co nditional tra nsfer o rder involve qu estions of fact that are
com mon to the actions previollsly transferred to the Southern District of West Virgin ia and ass igned
to Judge Goodwin.
Pu rsuant to Rule 7.1 o f the Rules of Procedure of the United States Judjc jal Panel on M ultjdj stricl
l.iti~atiQo, the aCli on(s) o n the attached schedu le are transferred unde r 28 U.S.c. §1407 [0 [he
Southern Di strict of West Virgin ia for the reasons stated in the o rder ofPebruary 7, 2012, and , with
the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Joseph R Goodwin.
This order does not become effective until it is fil ed in the Office of the Clerk or lhe Un ited States
District Court for the Southern District o f West Virginia. T he transmittal of this o rder to said C lerk
sha ll be stayed 7 days from the entry thereof. If any party files a notice of opposition with the Clerk
of the Panel w ithin thi s 7~day period, the stay will be continued until further order orthe Panel.

Inasmuch as no objection is
pending at this time, the
stay is lifted .

Oct 29 , 2013
CLERK'S OFFtCE
UNIT EO STATES

JUDie ....... PI\NEL ON
MU\.TI01STRICT LlTlGAnON

FOR THE PANEL:

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Jeffery N. LUthi
C lerk orthe Panel

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A TRUE C py CERTIFIED O
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OCT 29 2013

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RE: AMER ICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, [Nc.,
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LIAlllLlTY LITIGATION

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MDL No. 2325

SCHEDULE CTO-131 - TAG-A LONG ACTIONS

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