UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF REASSIGNMENT OF
CASE NOS. 1:21-CV-177 AND 1:21-CV-178
PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 3.3.2(c), Administrative Order
________________________________________/ No. 21-CA-014
MELINDA WHEELER,
Plaintiff,
Hon. Hala Y. Jarbou
v.
Case No. 1:21-CV-177
C.R. BARD INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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PENNY MARENGER, et al.
Plaintiffs,
Hon. Janet T. Neff
v.
Case No. 1:21-CV-178
C.R. BARD INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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WHEREAS, the above cases are closely related 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, all assigned Article III Judges having consented to the reassignment of Case
Nos. 1:21-CV-177 and 1:21-CV-178 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: March 2, 2021
ROBERT J. JONKER
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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