Requelme v. Ethicon, Inc. ( 2019 )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON DIVISION IN RE: ETHICON, INC. PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEM PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL No. 2327 THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO THE CASES LISTED ON EXHIBIT A MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The cases identified on Exhibit A attached hereto involve plaintiffs who failed to appear at a Mandatory Status Conference and respond to the court’s Show Cause Order entered in MDL 2:12-md-2327 and in each individual case on Exhibit A. 2:12-md-2327, Pretrial Order (“PTO”) # 323 [ECF No. 7572]. On November 29, 2018, the court entered an Order in the main MDL and each case on Exhibit A directing certain plaintiffs who have alleged claims against Ethicon, Inc., Ethicon, LLC, and/or Johnson & Johnson (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Ethicon”) to appear in person at the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse for a Mandatory Status Conference scheduled on February 15, 2019. PTOs # 323, # 325, # 326. The plaintiffs on Exhibit A neither appeared at the Mandatory Status Conference nor responded to this court’s Ethicon Show Cause Order entered on February 19, 2019 in each individual case. The court finds, pursuant to Rules 16 and 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and after weighing the factors identified in , 561 F.2d 494, 503-06 (4th Cir. 1977), the cases on Exhibit A should be dismissed with prejudice for failure to attend the court’s Mandatory Status Conference and respond to the court’s Show Cause Order in compliance with the court’s previous Orders. Therefore, the court ORDERS that the pending cases listed on Exhibit A are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and STRICKEN from the court’s docket. The court DIRECTS the Clerk to send a copy of this Order to counsel of record and any unrepresented party in every case on Exhibit A. ENTER: March 5, 2019 LO } 30 H R. GOODWIN / UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE } Exhibit A Civil Action No. Plaintiff(s) Name 1 2:12-cv-02269 Shell, Kathy & Roger 2 2:12-cv-03554 Reed, Gail 3 2:12-cv-06033 Sugg, Lenda 4 2:12-cv-07987 Stapleton, Shannon & Vansel 5 2:12-cv-09647 Baker, Freedom & Franklin Bates, Jr. 6 2:12-cv-09883 Maddux, Teresa 7 2:13-cv-02317 Belisle, Julie A. 8 2:13-cv-03073 Marsh, Sara 9 2:13-cv-03282 Notter, Angela & Daron 10 2:13-cv-03546 Dodson, Mitsey 11 2:13-cv-06813 Kirby, Brenda L. & Jeffery 12 2:13-cv-07080 Bodiford, Brenda & Raymond 13 2:13-cv-07511 McCubbins, Brenda 14 2:13-cv-07671 Sutton, Kimberly 15 2:13-cv-07990 Washington, Carole 16 2:13-cv-08069 Beliew, Betty & Bobby 17 2:13-cv-08851 Peridore, Courtney & Linsy 18 2:13-cv-08957 Williams, Laverne 19 2:13-cv-09178 Elliott, Michlene M. 20 2:13-cv-09522 Killian, Suzanne 21 2:13-cv-09712 Waters, Paula 22 2:13-cv-09785 Binks, Tammy & Richard 23 2:13-cv-11107 Joosten, Gaylene 24 2:13-cv-13080 Stephens, Tammy A. 25 2:13-cv-13236 Dale, Miriam 26 2:13-cv-13818 Clanton, Brandie 27 2:13-cv-15452 Baber, Jo Ann 28 2:13-cv-15778 Gomez, Leslie Lee & Ignacio Gomez Vasquez 29 2:13-cv-15940 Cardenas, Diana 30 2:13-cv-16460 Semore, Suzan 31 2:13-cv-17039 Requelme, Judith 32 2:13-cv-17141 Passarello, Diane 33 2:13-cv-17636 Lewis, Naomi 34 2:13-cv-18616 Alvarado, Clarita & Jose Guadalupe 35 2:13-cv-18733 Ayala, Maria 36 2:13-cv-18837 Garza, Martha & Juan Antonio 37 2:13-cv-20755 Oliver, Patsy 38 2:13-cv-22564 Cuevas, Martha & Abraham 39 2:13-cv-22693 Carder, Dolores & Aubrey 40 2:13-cv-22697 Murn, Linda 41 2:13-cv-23073 Beverly, Trisha 42 2:13-cv-24262 Nelson, Erin 43 2:13-cv-24791 Zellem, Cathy L. 44 2:13-cv-26079 Hale, Angela & John 45 2:13-cv-26649 Sego, Sondra & Frederick 46 2:13-cv-27218 Randol, Shannon 47 2:13-cv-27269 Snyder, Patience & Matthew 48 2:13-cv-28083 Howell, Jeanie & Douglas 49 2:13-cv-29401 Robinson, Belinda 50 2:13-cv-30509 Hau, Carrie A. 51 2:13-cv-31925 Arguilar, Maria 52 2:13-cv-31930 Torres Ruiz, Luz 53 2:13-cv-32341 Martinez, Eloise 54 2:13-cv-32879 Broughton, Margaret & Jay 55 2:14-cv-00051 Simpson, Ramona 56 2:14-cv-01377 Smith, Clarice 57 2:14-cv-02166 Bonilla, Martina 58 2:14-cv-02925 Gabel, Tina L. 59 2:14-cv-02954 Choate, Penny L. 60 2:14-cv-02955 Crandall, Lisa 61 2:14-cv-04041 Mayfield, Dianne 62 2:14-cv-04318 Scharping, Evelynne 63 2:14-cv-04334 Pine, Carrie 64 2:14-cv-05177 Vitkauskas, Rebecca & Paul 65 2:14-cv-05314 Scofield, Bonnie 66 2:14-cv-06428 Hoeltzner, Paula 67 2:14-cv-06588 Hamilton, Tina Marie 68 2:14-cv-07095 Baker, Stacey 69 2:14-cv-07177 White, Kimberly F. 70 2:14-cv-12999 Painter, Charlene Marie 71 2:14-cv-14174 Walker, Nancy K. 72 2:14-cv-17479 De Saint Phalle, Jacqueline 73 2:14-cv-18220 Rounds, Clara 74 2:14-cv-18584 Mouser, Brenda & Charles 75 2:14-cv-18586 Mendez, Graciela & Refugio 76 2:14-cv-20668 Catlett, Brenda Lee 77 2:14-cv-25588 Crumpler, Montee 78 2:14-cv-26647 Hardin, Alice & William Sr. 79 2:14-cv-27138 Jones, Judith 80 2:14-cv-28379 Demontoya, Rose 81 2:14-cv-28511 Darga, Jessica & Nicholas 82 2:14-cv-29092 Willes, Lynne Gordiner 83 2:15-cv-00184 Maddock, Melissa 84 2:15-cv-02111 Olson, Cathryn 85 2:15-cv-02112 Renter, Victoria 86 2:15-cv-02538 Carter, Mistie 87 2:15-cv-02935 Hobson, Stephanie S. 88 2:15-cv-02945 Lindsey, Lorilynn R. 89 2:15-cv-03049 Hileman, Rena & Albert 90 2:15-cv-03129 Winsborough, Shannon P. 91 2:15-cv-03304 Dill, Mary E. & Michael F. 92 2:15-cv-03452 Dollahite, Vlema 93 2:15-cv-03505 Healey, Wendy 94 2:15-cv-03828 Adams, Stacy Hamlin & Allen 95 2:15-cv-03831 O'Donnel, Nancy & Patrick 96 2:15-cv-04146 Munsch, Sheila 97 2:15-cv-04300 Sevek, Penny & David 98 2:15-cv-04940 Brooks, Kristi 99 2:15-cv-04948 Barron, Michelle 100 2:15-cv-05019 Fahnestock, Martha 101 2:15-cv-05080 Gustus, Tracy 102 2:15-cv-05126 Congdon, Dora 103 2:15-cv-05238 Read, Paula S. 104 2:15-cv-05432 Ingram, Mary 105 2:15-cv-05530 Henriques, Stephanie 106 2:15-cv-05601 Montgomery, Cheilion F. 107 2:15-cv-05941 Carter-Corn, Pamela 108 2:15-cv-06456 Crouch, Delores 109 2:15-cv-07092 Ercolani, Marcella 110 2:15-cv-07878 Forero-Salazar, Yaned 111 2:15-cv-08107 Alpha, Sheila 112 2:15-cv-08791 Bruno, Lynn 113 2:15-cv-08888 Piker, Patricia 114 2:15-cv-09748 Conley, Patricia 115 2:15-cv-11219 Gentry, Sally 116 2:15-cv-11332 Nash, Marianne 117 2:15-cv-11944 Allen, Joanne 118 2:15-cv-12118 Bardle, Beverly 119 2:15-cv-12284 Magnus, Roberta 120 2:15-cv-12817 Whitehurst, Melinda 121 2:15-cv-13607 Sapp, Renee 122 2:15-cv-13608 Doss, Paula 123 2:15-cv-13670 Shook, Marie 124 2:15-cv-14573 Antonson, Dorothy 125 2:15-cv-14939 Powell, Penny 126 2:15-cv-16174 Thomas, Sadie L. & John 127 2:16-cv-00433 Foley, Teresa 128 2:16-cv-00852 Price, Sharon & Jack 129 2:16-cv-00869 Johnson, Lauren & Ronald 130 2:16-cv-01908 Derrisseaux, Verla 131 2:16-cv-03282 Wilkerson, Barbara 132 2:16-cv-03288 Williams, Sandy Michelle 133 2:16-cv-03361 Williams, Clara 134 2:16-cv-03562 Neil, Donna 135 2:16-cv-07227 Catlin, Margaret 136 2:16-cv-08000 Fischer, Roberta 137 2:16-cv-08589 Wormsley, Janet 138 2:16-cv-08894 Estes, Devonna 139 2:16-cv-09095 Bruenning, Angela 140 2:16-cv-09838 Cruz, Paulina 141 2:16-cv-10143 Rowe, Alberta 142 2:16-cv-11128 Troyer, Cherie L. 143 2:16-cv-11679 Benson, Kathy Myers 144 2:16-cv-12229 Pantoja, Tracy Lynn 145 2:17-cv-00851 Johnson, Cheri 146 2:17-cv-00859 Macdonald, Michele 147 2:17-cv-00861 Aldrich, Teresa 148 2:17-cv-00868 Ratliff, Daphne 149 2:17-cv-00869 Policastro, Suzie 150 2:17-cv-00917 Brown, Denise 151 2:17-cv-01108 Szelest, Lisa 152 2:17-cv-01111 Sildack, Melissa 153 2:17-cv-01115 Rodgers, Stephanie 154 2:17-cv-01124 Houseknecht, Debra 155 2:17-cv-01126 Griesing, Betty 156 2:17-cv-01127 Gang, Debra 157 2:17-cv-04358 Walters, Anna S. & Wayne C. 158 2:17-cv-04427 McCaig, Carlene