Consolidated
Lead case: 1:17-md-02804

Ohio Northern District Court
Judge:Dan Aaron Polster
Case #: 1:18-op-46308
Nature of Suit360 Torts - Personal Injury - Other Personal Injury
Cause28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury
Case Filed:Dec 10, 2018
Case in other court:Georgia Northern, 1:18-cv-03508
Last checked: Friday Nov 08, 2019 7:04 PM EST
Defendant
Purdue Frederick Company, Inc.
Represented By
Mark S. Cheffo
Dechert - New York
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Hayden A. Coleman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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Defendant
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.
Represented By
Charles C. Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers - Los Angeles
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Defendant
Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Represented By
Charles C. Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers - Los Angeles
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Defendant
Johnson & Johnson
Represented By
Charles C. Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers - Los Angeles
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Defendant
Kroger Co.
Defendant
Mallinckrodt LLC
Represented By
J. Matthew Donohue
Holland & Knight - Portland
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Joseph L. Franco
Holland & Knight - Portland
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Andrew J. O'Connor
Ropes & Gray - Boston
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Brien T. O'Connor
Ropes & Gray - Boston
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Defendant
McKesson Corporation
Represented By
Mark H. Lynch
Covington & Burling - Washington
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Halsey G. Knapp, Jr.
Krevolin Horst
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Defendant
Medicine Center Pharmacy
Defendant
Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Represented By
Charles C. Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers - Los Angeles
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Defendant
PSS World Medical, Inc.
Represented By
Halsey G. Knapp, Jr.
Krevolin Horst
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Defendant
J.M. Smith Corporation
Represented By
Kurt Matthew Rozelsky
Fox Rothschild
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Nicholas S. Salter
Fox Rothschild
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Christopher Edward Penna
Penna & Mendicino
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David Cousins
Penna & Mendicino
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Derek A. Mendicino
Penna & Mendicino
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Defendant
Purdue Pharma Inc.
Represented By
Mark S. Cheffo
Dechert - New York
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Hayden A. Coleman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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Defendant
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Represented By
Mark S. Cheffo
Dechert - New York
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Hayden A. Coleman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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Defendant
Rite Aid of Georgia, Inc.
Represented By
Daniel Crumby
Hall Booth Smith
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Thomas J. Mazziotti
Hall Booth Smith
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Defendant
Rite Aid of Maryland
Represented By
Daniel Crumby
Hall Booth Smith
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Thomas J. Mazziotti
Hall Booth Smith
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Defendant
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Represented By
Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Defendant
Wal-Mart Inc.
Defendant
Walgreen's Boots Alliance, Inc.
Represented By
Jeffrey Alan Daxe
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele
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Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr
Bartlit Beck - Chicago
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Defendant
Watson Laboratories Inc.
Represented By
Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Defendant
Lynn Webster
Represented By
Vernon Phillip Hill, IV
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
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Chad A. Shultz
Ford & Harrison
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Cecily J. McLeod
Gordon & Rees - Atlanta
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Defendant
Cardinal Health Inc.
Defendant
Actavis Inc
874 Walker Road, Suite C
Dover, DE 19904
Represented By
Timothy W. Knapp
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Martin L. Roth
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Seth A. Litman
Thompson Hine
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Donna M. Welch
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Jennifer G. Levy
Kirkland & Ellis - Washington
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Defendant
Actavis LLC
Represented By
Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Defendant
Actavis Pharma, Inc.
Represented By
Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Defendant
Allergan PLC
Represented By
Timothy W. Knapp
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Martin L. Roth
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Seth A. Litman
Thompson Hine
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Donna M. Welch
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Jennifer G. Levy
Kirkland & Ellis - Washington
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Defendant
Amarc Medical Clinic
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AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Defendant
Attain Med, Inc.
Defendant
Bloodworth Wholesale Drugs, Inc.
Represented By
David V. Hayes
Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney
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Defendant
CVS Health Corporation
Defendant
Cephalon Inc.
Represented By
Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Defendant
Endo Health Solutions Inc.
Represented By
Sean O. Morris
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer - Los Angeles
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Ingo W. Sprie, Jr.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer - New York
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Jennifer Grandoff Cooper
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Defendant
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Represented By
Sean O. Morris
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer - Los Angeles
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Ingo W. Sprie, Jr.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer - New York
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Jennifer Grandoff Cooper
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Defendant
Perry Fine
Represented By
Vernon Phillip Hill, IV
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
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Chad A. Shultz
Ford & Harrison
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Cecily J. McLeod
Gordon & Rees - Atlanta
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Defendant
Scott Fishman
Represented By
Vernon Phillip Hill, IV
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
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Chad A. Shultz
Ford & Harrison
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Cecily J. McLeod
Gordon & Rees - Atlanta
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Defendant
Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC
Defendant
Insys Therapeutics, Inc.
Represented By
Joseph L. Franco
Holland & Knight - Portland
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Plaintiff
City of Atlanta, Georgia
Represented By
Nina Hickson Perry
Mack & Mclean
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Joseph L. Ciaccio
Napoli Shkolnik - Melville
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Jeffrey Brenton Norman
Office Of City Counsel
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Salvatore C. Badala
Napoli Shkolnik - Melville
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Shayna Erin Sacks
Napoli Shkolnik - Melville
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Roderick E. Edmond
Edmond & Associates
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Daniel R. Meachum
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Docket last updated: 04/08/2019 8:03 PM EDT
Friday, July 20, 2018
1 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL with COMPLAINT filed by Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Endo Health Solutions, Inc.. (Filing fee $ 400.00 receipt number 113E-8026969)(eop) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov/commonly-used-forms to obtain Pretrial Instructions and Pretrial Associated Forms which includes the Consent To Proceed Before U.S. Magistrate form. [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Att: 1 8 pgs Exhibit -1,
Att: 2 344 pgs Exhibit -2,
Att: 3 Exhibit -3,
Att: 4 Exhibit -4,
Att: 5 Exhibit -5
Friday, July 27, 2018
2 2 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time for Defendants Amerisourcebergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., McKesson Corporation, and PSS World Medical, Inc. to Move, Answer, or Otherwise Respond to the Complaint by McKesson Corporation, PSS World Medical, Inc..(Knapp, Halsey) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Att: 1 Text of Proposed Order Consent Order
3 3 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re1 Notice of Removal, by Walgreen's Boots Alliance, Inc..(Daxe, Jeffrey) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Att: 1 Text of Proposed Order
4 4 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re1 Notice of Removal, by Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. (Cole, Brenton) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Monday, July 30, 2018
5 5 ORDER granting2 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer. IT IS ORDERED that the period in which Defendants Amerisourcebergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., McKesson Corporation and PSS World Medical, Inc. must answer, object, plead, move, or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint is extended to 30 days after the later of (i) the JPML's order granting a motion to vacate a conditional transfer order covering this action or otherwise renders a final decision denying transfer to the MDL, or (ii) this Court's ruling on remand, should any party file a motion to remand. Signed by Judge Steve C. Jones on 7/30/2018. (rjs) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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6 6 ORDER granting3 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer. IT IS ORDERED, that CVS Health Corporation, Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC, Rite Aid of Georgia, Inc., Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc., The Kroger Co., Wal-Mart Inc. and Walgreen's Boots Alliance, Inc.'s time to move, answer, object, or otherwise to respond to Plaintiff's Complaint is extended until 45 days following the final determination of removal of this action to federal court or transfer to the multidistrict litigation pending in the Northern District of Ohio, In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, whichever is later. Signed by Judge Steve C. Jones on 7/30/2018. (rjs) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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7 7 ORDER granting4 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer. Actavis Pharma, Inc., Actavis, LLC, Cephalon, Inc., Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Insys Therapeutics, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Mallinckrodt, LLC, Ortho- McNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Purdue Pharma, Inc., Purdue Pharma, LP, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc. shall have up to 45 days following any decision on a motion for remand that Plaintiff may file or final decision by the JPML transferring the case to In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio) to move, answer, or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint. Signed by Judge Steve C. Jones on 7/30/2018. (rjs) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
8 8 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer , Move or Otherwise Respond to the Complaint by Bloodworth Wholesale Drugs, Ind.. (Hayes, David) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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9 9 ANSWER to1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL with Jury Demand , Affirmative Defenses and OCGA 51-12-33 Notice by J.M. Smith Corporation. Discovery ends on 12/28/2018.(Penna, Christopher) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov to obtain Pretrial Instructions. [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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10 10 Corporate Disclosure Statement by J.M. Smith Corporation by J.M. Smith Corporation.(Penna, Christopher) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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11 11 Certificate of Interested Persons by J.M. Smith Corporation. (Penna, Christopher) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Wednesday, August 01, 2018
DOCKET ORDER granting8 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer, Bloodworth Wholesale Drugs, Ind. Answer due 9/21/2018. The parties are advised that all future joint/consent motions must be accompanied by a proposed order. Entered by Judge Steve C. Jones on 8/1/2018. (pdw) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Friday, August 17, 2018
12 12 MOTION to Remand to State Court with Brief In Support by The City of Atlanta.(Edmond, Roderick) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Att: 1 Brief
Monday, August 20, 2018
13 13 Consent MOTION to Stay Proceedings Pending Remand Or Transfer to Multidistrict Litigation 2804 by Walgreen's Boots Alliance, Inc..(Daxe, Jeffrey) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit A,
Att: 2 Exhibit B,
Att: 3 Exhibit C,
Att: 4 Text of Proposed Order
14 14 ORDER granting Retail Pharmacy Defendants'13 Motion to Stay. All proceedings, preliminary requirements, and filing deadlines in this action under this Courts local rules, including Initial Disclosures, Early Planning Conference, and Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan, are STAYED until 45 days after the final determination of removal of this action to federal court or transfer to the multidistrict litigation pending in the Northern District of Ohio. Signed by Judge Steve C. Jones on 8/20/2018. (rjs) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
15 15 NOTICE of Appearance by Thomas J. Mazziotti on behalf of Rite Aid of Georgia, Inc., Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. (Mazziotti, Thomas) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Friday, August 31, 2018
16 16 RESPONSE in Opposition re12 MOTION to Remand to State Court filed by Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc..(Cole, Brenton) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit 1 - City of Atlanta - Opp to Motion to Remand
Tuesday, September 04, 2018
17 17 NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel Crumby on behalf of Rite Aid of Georgia, Inc., Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. (Crumby, Daniel) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
18 18 Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement by Rite Aid of Georgia, Inc., Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. identifying Corporate Parent Rite Aid Corporation for Rite Aid of Georgia, Inc., Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc.. (Mazziotti, Thomas) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Monday, September 17, 2018
Submission of12 MOTION to Remand to State Court to District Judge Steve C. Jones. (rjs) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Monday, November 05, 2018
19 19 Certification of Consent to Substitution of Counsel. Kurt Matthew Rozelsky replacing attorney Christopher Edward Penna; David Cousins and Derek A. Mendicino. (Rozelsky, Kurt) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Monday, November 19, 2018
20 20 Notice (construed by the Clerk as a) MOTION for Leave of Absence for the following date(s): 11/19/2018 through 3/19/2019, by Cecily J. McLeod. (McLeod, Cecily) Modified on 11/20/2018 to change event type to MOTION (rjs). [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018
21 21 Certification of Consent to Substitution of Counsel. Nicholas S. Salter replacing attorney Kurt Matthew Rozelsky. (Salter, Nicholas) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Friday, December 07, 2018
22 22 NOTICE of Appearance by Vernon Phillip Hill, IV on behalf of Perry Fine, Scott Fishman, Lynn Webster (Hill, Vernon) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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Monday, December 10, 2018
Civil Case Terminated. (rjs) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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23 23 CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER CTO-2804 from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. (rjs) [Transferred from gand on 12/10/2018.]
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24 24 CASE TRANSFERRED IN from District of Georgia Northern. Case number 1:18-cv-03508. Original file, certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
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