Consolidated
Lead case: 1:17-md-02804

Ohio Northern District Court
Judge:Dan Aaron Polster
Case #: 1:18-op-46310
Nature of Suit360 Torts - Personal Injury - Other Personal Injury
Cause28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury
Case Filed:Dec 11, 2018
Case in other court:Georgia Northern, 1:18-cv-03899
Last checked: Friday Nov 08, 2019 6:58 PM EST
Defendant
Rite Aid Corp.
Defendant
Mylan Specialty, L.P.
Defendant
Narendra Nagareddy
Represented By
Anthony L. Cochran
Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever
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Defendant
Noramco, Inc.
Defendant
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Represented By
Charles C. Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers - Los Angeles
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Defendant
Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc.
Defendant
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Defendant
Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
Defendant
Purdue Frederick Company, Inc.
Represented By
Mark S. Cheffo
Dechert - New York
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Hayden A. Coleman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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Defendant
Purdue Pharma Inc.
Represented By
Mark S. Cheffo
Dechert - New York
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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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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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Hayden A. Coleman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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Defendant
RHODES TECHNOLOGIES
Defendant
Rhodes Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Defendant
Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.P.
Defendant
Rhodes Technologies Inc.
Defendant
Richard S. Sackler
Defendant
Mylan Pharms, Inc.
Defendant
Rite Aid of Maryland
Represented By
Thomas J. Mazziotti
Hall Booth Smith
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Defendant
Sandoz, Inc.
Defendant
SpecGX LLC
Defendant
Stuart D. Baker
Defendant
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Represented By
Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Defendant
The P.F. Laboratories, Inc.
Defendant
Theresa Sackler
Defendant
Trust for the Benefit of Members of the Raymond Sackler Family
Defendant
Walgreen Eastern Co.
Represented By
Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr
Bartlit Beck - Chicago
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Defendant
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
Represented By
Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr
Bartlit Beck - Chicago
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Lindsay Anglin Fleming
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele
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Jeffrey Alan Daxe
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele
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Defendant
Walmart Inc.
Represented By
Claire E. Castles
Jones Day - New York
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Laura Kolesar Gura
Jones Day
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Christopher Lovrien
Jones Day - San Diego
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Sarah G. Conway
Jones Day
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Defendant
Watson Laboratories Inc.
Represented By
Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Defendant
Lynn Webster
Represented By
Chad A. Shultz
Ford & Harrison
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Vernon Phillip Hill, IV
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
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Cecily J. McLeod
Gordon & Rees - Atlanta
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Defendant
west-ward pharmaceuticals corp. k/n/a hikma pharmaceuticals, inc.
Defendant
Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
781 Chestnut Ridge Road
Morgantown, WV 26505
Defendant
Actavis Inc
874 Walker Road, Suite C
Dover, DE 19904
Represented By
Donna M. Welch
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Jennifer G. Levy
Kirkland & Ellis - Washington
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Martin L. Roth
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Seth A. Litman
Thompson Hine
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Timothy W. Knapp
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Defendant
Actavis LLC
Represented By
Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Defendant
Actavis Pharma, Inc.
Represented By
Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Defendant
Allergan PLC
Represented By
Donna M. Welch
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Jennifer G. Levy
Kirkland & Ellis - Washington
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Martin L. Roth
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Seth A. Litman
Thompson Hine
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Timothy W. Knapp
Kirkland & Ellis - Chicago
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Defendant
AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Represented By
Shannon E. McClure
Reed Smith - Philadelphia
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Eileen Elizabeth Hintz Rumfelt
Miller & Martin
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Robert A. Nicholas
Reed Smith - Philadelphia
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Edward McDowell Newsom
Miller & Martin
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Defendant
Anda, Inc.
Defendant
Beverly Sackler
Defendant
CVS Health Corporation
Represented By
Dan Foster Laney, III
Rogers & Hardin
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Richard H. Sinkfield
Rogers & Hardin
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Defendant
Cardinal Health Inc.
Represented By
S. Derek Bauer
Baker & Hostetler
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Christopher A. Wiech
Baker & Hostetler
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Defendant
Cephalon Inc.
Represented By
Brian M. Ercole
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Miami
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Steven A. Reed
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Philadelphia
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Defendant
David A. Sackler
Defendant
Endo Health Solutions Inc.
Represented By
Ingo W. Sprie, Jr.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer - New York
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Sean O. Morris
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer - Los Angeles
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Jennifer Grandoff Cooper
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Defendant
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.
Represented By
Ingo W. Sprie, Jr.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer - New York
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Sean O. Morris
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer - Los Angeles
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Jennifer Grandoff Cooper
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Defendant
Perry Fine
Represented By
Chad A. Shultz
Ford & Harrison
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Vernon Phillip Hill, IV
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
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Cecily J. McLeod
Gordon & Rees - Atlanta
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Defendant
Scott Fishman
Represented By
Chad A. Shultz
Ford & Harrison
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Vernon Phillip Hill, IV
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
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Cecily J. McLeod
Gordon & Rees - Atlanta
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Defendant
Ilene Sackler Lefcourt
Defendant
Insys Therapeutics, Inc.
Represented By
Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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J. Matthew Donohue
Holland & Knight - Portland
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Joseph L. Franco
Holland & Knight - Portland
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Defendant
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.
Represented By
Charles C. Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers - Los Angeles
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Defendant
Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Represented By
Charles C. Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers - Los Angeles
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Defendant
John N. Kapoor
Defendant
Johnson & Johnson
Represented By
Charles C. Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers - Los Angeles
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Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Defendant
Jonathan D. Sackler
Defendant
Kathe A. Sackler
Defendant
Mallinckrodt LLC
Represented By
Brenton Webster Cole
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
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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
Mallinckrodt, PLC
Defendant
McKesson Corporation
Represented By
Halsey G. Knapp, Jr.
Krevolin Horst
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Neil K. Roman
Covington & Burling - New York
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Mark H. Lynch
Covington & Burling - Washington
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Megan L. Rodgers
Covington & Burling - Redwood Shores
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Defendant
Miami-Luken, Inc.
Defendant
Mortimer D.A. Sackler
Plaintiff
Henry County, Georgia
Represented By
Joseph L. Ciaccio
Napoli Shkolnik - Melville
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Roderick E. Edmond
Edmond & Associates
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Shayna Erin Sacks
Napoli Shkolnik - Melville
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Salvatore C. Badala
Napoli Shkolnik - Melville
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Docket last updated: 04/08/2019 9:00 PM EDT
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
1 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL with COMPLAINT filed by Endo Health Solutions, Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.. (Filing fee $ 400.00 receipt number 113E-8083480)(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 12/11/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit -1 - Transfer Order,
Att: 2 279 pgs Exhibit -2 - Complaint,
Att: 3 Exhibit -3 - State Court File,
Att: 4 Civil Cover Sheet
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Submission of2 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 to District Judge Amy Totenberg. (jtj) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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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.(Knapp, Halsey) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Att: 1 Text of Proposed Order Consent Order
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Submission of3 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond to Complaint to District Judge Amy Totenberg. (jtj) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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3 3 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond to Complaint with Brief In Support by Actavis Pharma, Inc., Actavis, Inc., Actavis, LLC, Cephalon, Inc., Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, 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..(Cole, Brenton) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Att: 1 Text of Proposed Order
4 4 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer , Move, or Otherwise Response to Complaint by Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.. (Fleming, Lindsay) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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5 5 PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER Granting Extension of Time to Move, Answer, or Otherwise Respond to Complaint re:4 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer , Move, or Otherwise Response to Complaint . (Fleming, Lindsay) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Thursday, August 23, 2018
Submission of5 Proposed Consent Order Granting Extension to District Judge Amy Totenberg. (jtj) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Friday, August 24, 2018
Clerk's Certificate of Mailing to attorneys not receiving electronic copy re [6,7,8] Orders. Notice of street name change for the Atlanta courthouse included. (ddm) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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6 6 ORDER granting2 Plaintiff and Defendants AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., McKesson Corporation, and PSS World Medical, Inc. Joint Motion to Extend the Time for the Distributor Defendants to Move, Answer, or Otherwise Respond to the Complaint. The period in which the Distributor Defendants 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 Amy Totenberg on 8/24/18. (ddm) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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7 7 ORDER granting3 The Moving Defendants' Consent Motion for Extension of Time to to Move, Answer, or Otherwise Respond to the Complaint. The Moving Defendants 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 Amy Totenberg on 8/24/18. (ddm) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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8 8 ORDER granting4 the Consent Motion for Extension of Time to Move, Answer, or Otherwise Respond to the Complaint filed by Defendants Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. a/k/a Walgreen Co., CVS Health Corporation, Wal-Mart Inc. f/k/a Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. The Retail Pharmacy Defendants' 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, Case No. CV 17-2804 whichever is later. Signed by Judge Amy Totenberg on 8/24/18. (ddm) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
9 9 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond to Complaint by Narendra Nagareddy.(Cochran, Anthony) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Att: 1 Text of Proposed Order
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Submission of9 Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond to Complaint to District Judge Amy Totenberg. (btql) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Friday, August 31, 2018
10 10 ORDER GRANTING9 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer the1 Notice of Removal with Complaint. Narendra Nagareddy's answer due 45 days after the later of the JPML's order, or this Court's ruling on remand, should any party file a motion to remand. Signed by Judge Amy Totenberg on 8/30/2018. (btql) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
11 11 Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement by Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. identifying Corporate Parent Rite Aid Corporation for Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc.. (Mazziotti, Thomas) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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12 12 Consent MOTION to Stay Proceedings Pending Remand or Transfer to Multidistrict Litigation 2804 by Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc..(Fleming, Lindsay) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit A,
Att: 2 Exhibit B
13 13 PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER Granting Motion to Stay Proceedings re:12 Consent MOTION to Stay. (Fleming, Lindsay) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Submission of13 Proposed Consent Order to District Judge Amy Totenberg. (jtj) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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14 14 ORDER GRANTING12 Motion to Stay Proceedings. All proceedings, preliminary requirements, and filing deadlines in this action under this Court's 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, In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. CV 17-2804 (MDL 2804), whichever is later. When the stay lifts, the usual deadlines under this Courts local rules shall apply except that any event timed to the removal of an action shall instead be timed to the filing of the Retail Pharmacy Defendants' responsive pleading(s). Signed by Judge Amy Totenberg on 9/12/2018. (jtj) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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15 15 NOTICE of Appearance by Jeffrey Alan Daxe on behalf of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Daxe, Jeffrey) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Thursday, September 13, 2018
16 16 MOTION to Remand to State Court with Brief In Support by Henry County, Georgia.(Edmond, Roderick) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Att: 1 Brief Brief in Support of Motion to Remand
Thursday, September 27, 2018
17 17 RESPONSE in Opposition re16 MOTION to Remand to State Court filed by Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc..(Cole, Brenton) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit Ex. 1 - Citation List
Monday, October 01, 2018
18 18 MOTION for Clarification re:14 Order on Motion to Stay, by Narendra Nagareddy.(Cochran, Anthony) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit A-Proposed Response to Motion to Remand
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Submission of18 MOTION for Clarification re:14 Order, to District Judge Amy Totenberg. (jtj) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
19 19 ORDER re:18 Defendant Dr. Nagareddy's Motion for Clarification. If this case is not transferred to the multidistrict litigation pending in the Northern District of Ohio, In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. CV 17-2804 (MDL 2804), Defendants will have 45 days after that determination to respond to Plaintiff's Motion to Remand to State Court (Doc. 16). Dr. Nagareddy is not required to file a response to Plaintiff's Motion to Remand to State Court until further order from this court. Signed by Judge Amy Totenberg on 10/23/2018. (jtj) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Monday, November 19, 2018
20 20 Notice for Leave of Absence for the following date(s): 11/19/18 through 3/19/19, by Cecily J. McLeod. (McLeod, Cecily) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Friday, December 07, 2018
21 21 NOTICE of Appearance by Vernon Phillip Hill, IV on behalf of Perry Fine, Scott Fishman, Lynn Webster (Hill, Vernon) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Monday, December 10, 2018
Civil Case Terminated. (bdb) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Electronically Transferring Case to USDC, Northern District of Ohio as to22 MDL Conditional Certified Transfer Order. (bdb) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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22 22 CONDITIONAL CERTIFIED TRANSFER ORDER from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to be transferred to USDC, Northern District of Ohio. (bdb) [Transferred from gand on 12/11/2018.]
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
23 23 CASE TRANSFERRED IN from District of Georgia Northern. Case number 1:18-cv-03899. Original file, certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
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