In re Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation

          ORDER

          DAVID G. CAMPBELL SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.

         The parties have filed an amended joint report on the settlement status of cases. Doc. 20061. The attached Schedule B identifies more than 300 direct-filed cases that have moved from Track 2 (tentative settlement) to Track 3 (not likely to settle). Doc. 20061-2. In 17 cases, no complete plaintiff profile form (“PPF”) has been provided to Defendants. See Id. Defendants request an order requiring Plaintiffs in those cases to provide a complete PPF within 20 days. Doc. 20061 at 3.

         Case Management Order No. 5 requires each Plaintiff who directly files a short form complaint in this MDL to provide a PPF to Defendants within 60 days of filing the complaint. Doc. 365 at 1. If no PPF is received within the 60-day period, Defendants were to send an overdue letter to Plaintiff's counsel giving Plaintiff an additional 20 days to provide a PPF. Id. at 2. Defendants may seek dismissal of the case if Plaintiff fails to provide a PPF during this grace period. Id.

         The following Plaintiffs are identified on Schedule B as having not provided a complete PPF (see Doc. 20061-2):

Plaintiffs	Case Numbers	Transfer Venues
Kelsey D. Doddridge	2:19-cv-03131	Ark. E.D.
Shontelle Baker	2:19-cv-04303	Ariz.
Joy Ann Brown	2:18-cv-04264	Fla. M.D.
Denita E. Alexander-Hamm	2:19-cv-00192	Ga. S.D.
Brian Hickey	2:19-cv-04313	Ill. N.D.
John C. Barr	2:19-cv-04315	Ill. S.D.
Beth Sattizahn	2:19-cv-04322	Md.
Darnell G. Collins	2:19-cv-04237	Md.
James D. Fancher	2:19-cv-04312	Mo. E.D.
Barbara A. Brooks	2:19-cv-04310	Miss. S.D.
Barbara S. Rossell	2:18-cv-04307	N.J.
Lori B. Bandor	2:19-cv-04308	Ohio N.D.
David Allen Fiset (Furman)	2:19-cv-00198	Okla. N.D.
Joshua Johnson	2:19-cv-04240	Tenn. M.D.
Raquel Rodriguez	2:19-cv-03196	Tenn. M.D.
David Roger Alligood	2:19-cv-03567	Tex. E.D.
Edward Richardson Williams	2:18-cv-04320	Tex. E.D.

         These Plaintiffs shall have until September 24, 2019 to provide a PPF to Defendants. The PPFs shall include the place of filter implant. By September 26, 2019, the parties shall file a status report indicating whether a proper PPF has been provided in each case. The Court may dismiss any case in which no proper PPF has been provided.

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