J.L.A.Y. v. Doe Run Resources Corporation, The ( 2023 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION J.Y.C.C., et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:15 CV 1704 RWS ) DOE RUN RESOURCES, CORP., ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) 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 Initials PLF ID No. Federal Case No. 1 CCAL 230 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 2 HAO 672 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 3 GNAA 14 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4 CECC 961 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 5 SACC 962 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 6 EACGP 976 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 7 JRHC 1006 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 8 AJVHA 1011 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 9 ARLC 865 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 10 GAPE 1067 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 11 GFRC 827 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 12 JMSV 1096 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 Initials PLF ID No. Federal Case No. 1 AIBAP 217 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 2 ALBC 650 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 3 JBHH 628 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 4 VDHH 619 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 5 MRMD 192 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 6 JNOC 198 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 7 JJOE 196 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 8 RDPA 1617 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 9 ASRC 636 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 10 SRE 178 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 11 ZKVM 1358 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 12 FSZQ 234 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 13 TRZQ 170 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 14 GPAE 1436 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 15 CECV 1711 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 16 SMGE 1404 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. Initials Trial Group Plaintiff ID No. Federal Case No. 1. GNAA A 14 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 2. RFCY A 31 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 3. JAQA A 71 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 4. LARA A 78 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 5. JEVP A 87 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 6. JNVP A 88 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 7. LRVP A 89 4:15-cv-01704-RWS 8. JABF B 130 4:16-cv-00060-RLW 9. YKMY A 169 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 10. TRZQ A 170 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 11. RCV A 176 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 12. SRE A 178 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 13. MAV A 184 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 14. MRMD A 192 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 15. JNOC A 198 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 16. LLC A 202 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 17. AKGM A 211 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 18. AIBAP A 217 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 19. GJV a 232 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 20. FSZQ A 234 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 21. JCVS A 238 4:16-cv-00059-JAR 22. TTP B 310 4:16-cv-00061-JAR 23. AAEAT B 338 4:16-cv-00634-JAR 24. SKPJ B 361 4:16-cv-00634-JAR 25. HKAV B 382 4:16-cv-00634-JAR 26. KCPA C 434 4:16-cv-00749-AGF 27. EDR C 495 4:16-cv-00822-AGF 28. JFHM C 509 4:16-cv-00822-AGF 29. LGAG C 531 4:16-cv-00822-AGF 30. JMF C 541 4:16-cv-00822-AGF 9 31. GVO C 551 4:16-cv-00829-RLW 32. PJLP C 611 4:16-cv-00829-RLW 33. VDHH D 619 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 34. MRVP D 621 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 35. EBVP D 622 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 36. GCYC D 624 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 37. KTPM D 626 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 38. JBHH D 628 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 39. MACS D 632 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 40. LJOH D 635 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 41. ERAP D 637 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 42. FPSP D 638 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 43. EDVV D 640 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 44. ADOH D 641 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 45. MDAPM D 642 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 46. MEVDC D 643 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 47. MAMB D 646 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 48. NMVP D 647 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 49. SSJR D 648 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 50. EGCS D 649 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 51. ALBC D 650 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 52. CAOG D 651 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 53. LYAA D 653 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 54. GMQR D 657 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 55. SBCS D 662 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 56. PCEL D 667 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 57. APG D 668 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 58. EAFS D 670 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 59. PAFS D 673 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 60. NRJC D 674 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 61. NJMZ D 675 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 62. OJEI D 677 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 63. NAMZ D 680 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 64. JMHC D 685 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 65. BDRR D 689 4:16-cv-01154-JAR 66. DCBR D 697 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 67. SPBJ D 701 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 68. MLBV D 702 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 69. NCI D 703 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 70. ELCR D 708 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 10 71. BACS D 716 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 72. BPCT D 717 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 73. PDES D 720 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 74. GSHV D 726 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 75. TKHE D 727 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 76. RJLR and 729 RJFLR D 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 77. JJLS D 730 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 78. MBLS D 731 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 79. ADMC D 734 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 80. KMSC D 746 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 81. YYSP D 748 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 82. DRYC D 756 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 83. LFZE D 757 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 84. ELZC D 758 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 85. JPSV D 760 4:16-cv-01643-AGF 86. GACR D 762 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 87. DSBC D 766 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 88. DMMO D 773 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 89. NLTC D 774 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 90. MNRA D 775 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 91. LHAR D 776 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 92. MBRA D 778 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 93. JKBC D 779 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 94. MJVDLC D 785 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 95. CEVC D 786 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 96. AGVDLC D 787 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 97. JLAY D 788 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 98. GFTF D 790 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 99. JCIR D 792 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 100. XAAV D 796 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 101. SXAO D 800 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 102. NESV D 802 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 103. MMLR D 805 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 104. EARV D 807 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 105. KLA D 808 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 106. LWFS D 811 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 107. AKAMH D 815 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 108. JARI D 816 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 109. NHEV D 817 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 11 110. SXAM D 818 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 111. LSVDLC D 822 4:16-cv-01678-JMB 112. HNAP E 832 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 114. YMBH E 838 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 115. SDCM E 845 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 116. SAEC E 855 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 117. ARFR E 858 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 118. TCFR E 859 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 119. PJGA E 860 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 120. SAHZ E 861 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 121. XIHZ E 862 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 122. SAHL E 863 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 123. KMLC E 866 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 124. BIPG(?) E 874 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 125. OAQG E 877 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 126. RMQG E 878 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 127. CAVG E 884 4:16-cv-01726-RLW 128. SMBL E 913 4:16-cv-01751-RWS 129. WYAL E 918 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 130. ADAR E 927 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 131. DNAJ E 928 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 132. HJAT E 929 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 133. LRAT E 930 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 134. SNAC E 938 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 135. DAM E 942 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 136. REAM E 943 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 137. JGCB E 956 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 138. CECC E 961 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 139. SACC E 962 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 140. JFCT E 963 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 141. AECR E 968 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 142. ECD E 971 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 143. LNCD E 972 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 144. DLCV E 973 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 145. JJCDLP E 983 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 146. ACCD E 985 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 147. DRCD E 986 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 148. EHDC F 990 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 149. MGDC F 991 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 150. AFFJ F 997 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 12 151. KNFR F 999 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 152. ADGM F 1002 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 153. JNHC F 1005 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 154. JRHC F 1006 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 155. RJHC F 1007 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 156. YFHC F 1008 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 157. AJVHA F 1011 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 158. BEHH F 1012 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 159. JSHH F 1013 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 160. NSHH F 1014 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 161. JFJO F 1017 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 162. GLJN F 1022 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 163. AJJS F 1023 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 164. GALH F 1026 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 165. VNMB F 1031 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 166. LLMV F 1032 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 167. EIMP F 1037 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 168. JDMR F 1041 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 169. LAOA F 1050 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 170. BAOJ F 1053 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 171. YMOR F 1054 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 172. DDOG F 1056 4:17-cv-00790-CAS 173. ZOT F 1059 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 174. MAPM F 1062 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 175. AVPJ F 1063 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 176. NKPH F 1065 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 177. GAPE F 1067 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 178. ZCQO F 1075 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 179. GHQL F 1078 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 180. TAQL F 1079 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 181. KYRC F 1082 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 182. LARA F 1084 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 183. WSRA F 1085 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 184. FESV F 1095 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 185. JMSV F 1096 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 186. BESS F 1097 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 187. YGSS F 1103 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 188. YRSS F 1104 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 189. AYGTR F 1109 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 190. MGTR F 1110 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 13 191. KSVT F 1118 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 192. APVR F 1119 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 193. DRVR F 1120 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 194. JJVC F 1121 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 195. WFVC F 1122 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 196. YPVR F 1123 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 197. GLYL F 1124 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 198. SMZG F 1125 4:17-cv-00797-CDP 199. KFBE F 1130 4:17-cv-01225-SPM 200. EGMV F 1131 4:17-cv-01225-SPM 201. ERFC F 1139 4:17-cv-01225-SPM 202. CILP F 1142 4:17-cv-01225-SPM 203. LDRT H 1146 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 204. LDAS G 1149 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 205. JAAO G 1151 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 206. YAAA G 1152 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 207. HGAC G 1155 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 208. JFAM G 1157 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 209. RKAA G 1159 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 210. JEAE G 1162 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 211. IFBM G 1165 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 212. MJBC G 1167 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 213. AYBG G 1169 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 214. JMBG G 1170 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 215. BLCC G 1172 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 216. EZCE G 1175 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 217. ANCR G 1176 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 218. WHCS G 1177 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 219. BRCC G 1180 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 220. VMCC G 1181 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 221. LYCC G 1182 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 222. ESCB G 1186 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 223. LYCZ G 1189 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 224. RJET G 1192 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 225. MAEP G 1193 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 226. DJEI G 1194 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 227. SFEP G 1196 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 228. KEGR G 1198 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 229. IGHM G 1202 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 230. DJJR G 1204 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 14 231. DJTA G 1214 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 232. MLVQ G 1215 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 233. LEAT G 1220 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 234. GJAS G 1221 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 235. SMAQ G 1226 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 236. KAFAA G 1227 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 237. MJAA G 1228 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 238. LYCC G 1234 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 239. HCCM G 1235 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 240. NLCZ G 1237 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 241. AGFM G 1239 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 242. KAGM G 1241 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 243. GXGT G 1242 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 244. MYGS G 1243 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 245. MNHQ G 1247 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 246. JLIC G 1253 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 247. JCLL G 1256 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 248. AAMA G 1261 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 249. GANF G 1266 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 250. SSNF G 1267 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 251. GARO G 1273 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 252. ERTA G 1276 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 253. TAVA G 1279 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 254. YCVA G 1280 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 255. MSVB G 1284 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 256. IVH G 1286 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 257. RCZC G 1288 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 258. RANO G 1290 4:17-cv-01924-HEA 259. AZEP G 1292 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 260. SCBV I 1296 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 261. YMBV I 1297 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 262. LWCE I 1298 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 263. GOCM I 1300 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 264. CJEH I 1315 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 265. FJHM I 1318 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 266. YRMP I 1322 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 267. ELMMT I 1326 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 268. NAPC I 1328 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 269. NLPR I 1332 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 270. JQQT I 1334 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 15 271. PARH I 1335 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 272. JCSR I 1341 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 273. MASR I 1342 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 274. ESS I 1349 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 275. FSS I 1350 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 276. YBSS I 1351 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 277. ATSS I 1352 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 278. AGTS I 1353 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 279. JOVS I 1356 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 280. KAVS I 1357 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 281. ZKVM I 1358 4:17-cv-01948-SNLJ 282. AVAS I 1362 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 283. KCKA I 1363 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 284. YAAA I 1364 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 285. ALAP I 1365 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 286. BSAP I 1366 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 287. ZLAC I 1368 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 288. AMAP I 1380 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 289. NNBG I 1390 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 290. ASCP I 1395 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 291. FFCP I 1396 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 292. LAFR I 1402 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 293. SMGE I 1404 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 294. GMHA I 1405 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 295. EJLDLC I 1411 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 296. VALDLC I 1412 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 297. JERB I 1422 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 298. JGSS I 1428 4:17-cv-01957-RWS 299. GAAV G 1435 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 300. PBJAC G 1438 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 301. JAB G 1442 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 302. KJPBC G 1444 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 303. MYBP G 1445 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 304. KSCR G 1446 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 305. LMECR G 1447 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 306. MNCC G 1448 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 307. JCP G 1450 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 308. AVCR G 1451 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 309. JJCR G 1452 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 310. ANCC G 1453 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 16 311. ASCT G 1456 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 312. ZBFS G 1461 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 313. EAHL G 1462 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 314. YNMC G 1466 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 315. DFMV G 1469 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 316. ALMC G 1470 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 317. SJPM G 1472 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 318. ASPC G 1473 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 319. JDQC G 1474 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 320. SXQM G 1479 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 321. LNQR G 1480 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 322. LCRH G 1485 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 323. BATE G 1487 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 324. ITE G 1488 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 325. RYTE G 1489 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 326. JJRG G 1495 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 327. EPRG G 1496 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 328. TJVM G 1503 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 329. SFRC G 1506 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 330. ZMZS G 1507 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 331. JCGA G 1517 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 332. RFA H 1518 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 333. ABAM H 1519 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 334. KJBG H 1521 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 335. ALCZ H 1523 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 336. AEHL H 1525 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 337. KSLN H 1529 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 338. JBMS H 1531 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 339. BSRH H 1534 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 340. AFRM H 1537 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 341. CIVDLC H 1542 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 342. JMVQ H 1550 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 343. RVB H 1552 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 344. LGYL H 1553 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 345. JFYG H 1557 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 346. SYZP H 1559 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 347. XDZC H 1563 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 348. AIZR H 1565 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 349. BCHE H 1567 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 350. BDMS H 1573 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 17 351. TSMP H 1575 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 352. ABME H 1576 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 353. BJMC H 1577 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 354. BAMC H 1582 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 355. LMMG H 1590 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 356. PCMG H 1591 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 357. NCMC H 1592 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 358. GJML H 1593 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 359. MNML H 1594 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 360. AVNC H 1596 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 361. JSOT H 1599 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 362. JAOR H 1603 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 363. MAOR H 1604 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 364. SYOL H 1605 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 365. SPPM H 1606 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 366. XYPM H 1607 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 367. IHPDLC H 1608 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 368. JAPB H 1609 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 369. MJPB H 1610 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 370. SJPH H 1611 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 371. FMPB H 1621 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 372. LJPB H 1622 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 373. LAPO H 1624 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 374. LMQA H 1630 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 375. NMQA H 1631 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 376. JCQC H 1632 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 377. PAQL H 1635 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 378. LCAB I 1636 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 379. YVEP I 1637 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 380. GVGE I 1645 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 381. JCHB I 1652 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 382. FLHZ I 1655 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 383. MAHZ I 1656 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 384. MMHF I 1663 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 385. YVJQ I 1670 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 386. AJJH I 1671 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 387. MJLC I 1674 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 388. SNLC I 1675 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 389. CRLB I 1677 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 390. RRLB I 1678 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 18 391. AOLC I 1681 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 392. YXLC I 1682 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 393. MKLF I 1683 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 394. YMLP I 1685 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 395. CJLB I 1687 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 396. ZMLS I 1688 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 397. ISLE I 1689 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 398. MSLL I 1690 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 399. JLMH I 1692 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 400. AAMH I 1693 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 401. IISC I 1698 4:17-cv-01940-HEA 402. NBCL J 1705 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 403. CTCP J 1706 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 404. JRCA J 1709 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 405. CECV J 1711 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 406. DRCV J 1713 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 407. JJCV J 1714 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 408. AECC J 1717 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 409. SYCC J 1718 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 410. KACC J 1721 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 411. SRCT J 1725 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 412. YMCT J 1726 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 413. BDCB J 1729 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 414. LSCC J 1730 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 415. AJCZ J 1735 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 416. JJDR J 1737 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 417. JYDLOQ J 1742 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 418. NADLOQ J 1743 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 419. NADSV J 1744 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 420. MSER J 1746 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 421. DNEA J 1749 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 422. BJEC J 1750 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 423. JJEY J 1751 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 424. JYEM J 1752 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 425. YNEM J 1753 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 426. NBEP J 1754 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 427. JAER J 1756 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 428. GYGZ J 1761 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 429. JKHC J 1762 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 430. JEHC J 1763 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 19 431. JJHC J 1764 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 432. KEHC J 1765 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 433. LEHC J 1766 4:17-cv-01963-JAR 434. ALAC J 1772 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 435. FWAA J 1773 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 436. SBAE J 1779 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 437. JHBA J 1787 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 438. SABM J 1790 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 439. XABM J 1792 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 440. NRBH J 1793 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 441. ALBZ J 1796 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 442. PJBZ J 1797 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 443. KWCA J 1803 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 444. BKCC J 1804 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 445. PJCC J 1805 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 446. SSCC J 1806 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 447. EJCA J 1807 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 448. YBCA J 1808 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 449. YNCM J 1818 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 450. ZNCM J 1819 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 451. JRCP J 1824 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 452. LRCP J 1825 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 453. ARGB J 1830 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 454. EBMS J 1832 4:17-cv-01959-JAR 455. MBHA H 1843 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 456. ESRA H 1848 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 457. LERQ H 1855 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 458. AERG H 1856 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 459. ESRG H 1857 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 460. JJRJ H 1859 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 461. ASRP H 1864 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 462. ESRP H 1865 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 463. MJRP H 1866 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 464. RRRP H 1867 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 465. FBRZ H 1868 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 466. SSRZ H 1869 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 467. JLRH H 1872 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 468. YRA H 1879 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 469. FJRE H 1881 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 470. HBRE H 1882 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 20 471. MIRL H 1883 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 472. YCRL H 1884 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 473. AJSP H 1895 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 474. IASP H 1896 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 475. ASSB H 1897 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 476. DASB H 1898 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 477. INSB H 1899 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 478. DRTM H 1905 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 479. VUC H 1908 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 480. KAVC H 1910 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 481. DJAR J 1913 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 482. MEAR J 1914 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 483. GDAB J 1915 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 484. NACP J 1922 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 485. TACC J 1925 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 486. BCN J 1926 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 487. APDO J 1927 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 488. EAFP J 1928 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 489. JAGY J 1930 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 490. JLIB J 1932 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 491. EJPU J 1939 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 492. JGQM J 1942 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 493. JRRP J 1948 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 494. YPSP J 1949 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 495. ACSM J 1950 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 496. NASO J 1951 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 497. AFSZ J 1952 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 498. DKTM J 1954 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 499. YYTM J 1955 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 500. DPUI J 1956 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 501. EWVB J 1957 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 502. ZRVB J 1958 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 503. LDZC J 1962 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 504. JTZM J 1964 4:17-cv-02001-HEA 505. SRSC K 1971 4:17-cv-02858 506. MRMD K 1974 4:18-cv-00560-CDP 507. CLAC K 1981 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 508. JIAC K 1982 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 509. SYAC K 1983 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 510. VMAD K 1984 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 21 511. ZBBA K 1987 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 512. ANCC K 1989 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 513. DSCR K 1994 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 514. AMDLSC K 1996 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 515. ACGS K 1999 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 516. LSHA K 2000 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 517. AYMR K 2007 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 518. LMM K 2010 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 519. MSNF K 2012 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 520. IPPM K 2014 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 521. NAQD K 2024 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 522. RLRSC K 2029 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 523. AMRC K 2030 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 524. NARC K 2031 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 525. RSRS K 2032 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 526. JBRP K 2033 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 527. DTSR K 2036 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 528. SNSA K 2037 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 529. JASU K 2038 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 530. JJTM K 2042 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 531. ERTF K 2043 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 532. TSZR K 2048 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. Initials Trial Group Plaintiff ID No. Federal Case No. 1. AAAH E 919 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 2. MNAT E 937 4:17-cv-00787-HEA 3. CJLB G 1225 4:17-cv-01927-RWS 4. LCJA G 1465 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 5. DRRC G 1505 4:17-cv-01933-HEA 6. ABLB H 1528 4:17-cv-01934-RLW 22 7. PIOB H 1601 4:17-cv-01935-RWS 8. DMRB H 1880 4:17-cv-01936-AGF 9. NEAM K 1967 4:17-cv-02207-HEA 10. ACSM K 1978 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 11. ACJR K 1979 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 12. ACCJ K 1980 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 13. RRAC K 1985 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 14. YJAC K 1986 4:18-cv-00638-RWS 15. ACGS K 1999 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 1s not dismissed and remains open. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dated this 26th day of January, 2023. 25