UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF REASSIGNMENT OF
CASE NOS. 1:20-CV-795 and 1:20-CV-796
PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 3.3.2(c)
/ Administrative Order
No. 20-CA-058
THOMAS HOLEVINSKI,
Plaintiff,
Hon. Paul L. Maloney
v.
Case No. 1:20-CV-795
C.R. BARD INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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MARGARET PALMITER,
Plaintiff,
Hon. Paul L. Maloney
v.
Case No. 1:20-CV-796
C.R. BARD INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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WHEREAS, on August 25, 2020, Magistrate Judge Ray Kent issued Memorandums
finding the above matters were cognate with other cases in this district involving C.R. Bard Inc.
and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., the earliest filed case being Case No. 1:19-CV-741, Cleeves
v. C.R. Bard, Inc., et al., a case assigned to the undersigned,
WHEREAS, both Judges Maloney and Jonker having consented to the reassignment of
Case Nos. 1:20-CV-795 and 1:20-CV-796 under Local Rule 3.3.2(c),
IT IS ORDERED that the above cases be reassigned to the undersigned pursuant to the
approved procedure for reassignment of cognate cases.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Kent shall be the Magistrate Judge
assigned to these cases.
A copy of this Administrative Order shall be filed in each case.
DATED: August 26, 2020
ROBERT J. JONKER
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
