Hutson v. Merck & Co., Inc. et al
| Melvin Shaddix Hutson |
| Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp. and Merck & Co., Inc. |
| 1:2021cv00693 |
| February 1, 2021 |
| US District Court for the Eastern District of New York |
| Brian M Cogan |
| Peggy Kuo |
| Other Statutory Actions |
| 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331 Fed. Question |
| None |
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| Filing 9 Mail Returned as Undeliverable. Mail sent to Melvin Hutson, plaintiff pro se (Summons Issued and copy of complaint) returned not deliverable as addressed; unable to forward. (Guzzi, Roseann) |
| Filing 8 Mail Returned as Undeliverable. Order to Show Cause dated 2/9/21 sent to Melvin Shaddix Hutson, plaintiff pro se. Returned; not deliverable as addressed; return to sender. (Guzzi, Roseann) |
Filing 7
TRANSFER ORDER, Case transferred to District of New Jersey. Original file, certified copy of transfer order, and docket sheet sent. ALL FILINGS ARE TO BE MADE IN THE TRANSFER COURT, DO NOT DOCKET TO THIS CASE. ( Ordered by Judge Brian M. Cogan on 2/25/21 ) (Guzzi, Roseann)
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| CASE: 1:21-cv-00693 DETAILS: Case transferred from New York Eastern has been opened in District of New Jersey [LIVE] as case 2:21-cv-04059, filed 03/04/2021. (Marziliano, August) |
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Filing 6
ORDER : This case is hereby transferred to the District of New Jersey in the interests of justice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1404(a)Ordered by Judge Brian M. Cogan on 2/25/2021. (Marziliano, August)
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| Filing 5 RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Text Order, Order to Show Cause, #2 Exhibit 2 - Reassignment (Feb. 9, 2021)) (Morrow, Charles) |
| Filing 4 In accordance with Rule 73 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 73.1, the parties are notified that if all parties consent a United States magistrate judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action including a (jury or nonjury) trial and to order the entry of a final judgment. Attached to the Notice is a blank copy of the consent form that should be filled out, signed and filed electronically only if all parties wish to consent. The form may also be accessed at the following link: #http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FormsAndFees/Forms/AO085.pdf. You may withhold your consent without adverse substantive consequences. Do NOT return or file the consent unless all parties have signed the consent. (Bowens, Priscilla) |
| Filing 3 FILING FEE: $ 402.00, receipt number 4653154933 (Bowens, Priscilla) |
| Filing 2 Summons Issued as to Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp.. (Bowens, Priscilla) |
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Plaintiff is hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE by 2/23/2021 why this case should not be transferred for improper venue. Neither plaintiff nor defendants reside in this district, and no events giving rise to the claim are alleged to have occurred here. Further, it appears to this Court that there are at least two districts in which this action could have been brought the District of New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Accordingly, this district is not an appropriate venue for plaintiffs action. See 28 U.S.C. 1391. Plaintiff presumably filed this action here because he wants it to be consolidated for pretrial proceedings in the multi-district litigation action, In re: Propecia (Finasteride) Products Liability Litigation, 12-md-2331. Consolidation is overseen by the Judicial Panel of Multidistrict Litigation, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1407, and any such transfers constitute a change of venue to the transferee court for pretrial purposes only. See In re Plumbing Fixture Cases, 298 F. Supp. 484, 495 (J.P.M.L. 1968). Complaints may not be filed directly with the transferee court if the district in which it sits would not otherwise be a proper venue for the action. Ordered by Judge Brian M. Cogan on 2/9/2021. C/M (Weisberg, Peggy)
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| Case Reassigned to Judge Brian M. Cogan and Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo. Judge Eric R. Komitee, Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom no longer assigned to the case. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned Judges, located on our #website. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Case Related to MDL 2331. (Marziliano, August) |
| Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp., filed by Melvin Shaddix Hutson. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet) (Bowens, Priscilla) |
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