Hooper et al v. Monsanto Company et al
Plaintiff: Dean Hooper and Becky Hooper
Defendant: Monsanto Company and Bayer AG
Case Number: 2:2026cv00218
Filed: February 20, 2026
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Presiding Judge: Elizabeth A Preston Deavers
Referring Judge: James L Graham
Nature of Suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-Personal Injury
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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March 9, 2026 Case transferred from Ohio Southern has been opened in California Northern District as case 3:26-cv-01937, filed 03/06/2026. (kh)
March 4, 2026 Filing 5 CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO-NO 560): This order does not become effective until it is filed in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Signed by the Clerk of the Panel on 3/4/2026. (kh)
February 23, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE: Upon review of the record, the Court notes that the above-styled case was erroneously filed in the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division at Cincinnati. Pursuant to S.D. Ohio Civ. R. 82.1(b), this case is hereby transferred from the docket of the Honorable Jeffery P. Hopkins to the Office of the Clerk for reassignment to the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio at Columbus. Signed by Judge Jeffery P. Hopkins on 2/23/2026. (kmc)
February 23, 2026 Case transferred in from Western Division at Cincinnati Division on 02/23/2026 Case Number 1:26-cv-183. Case assigned to Judge James L. Graham and Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers. (kmc)
February 20, 2026 Filing 3 COMPLAINT with JURY DEMAND against Bayer AG, Monsanto Company originally filed in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas (Case No. 25CVB030370) on 3/31/2025, filed by Dean Hooper, Becky Hooper. (kev)
February 20, 2026 Filing 2 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Defendants Monsanto Company, Bayer AG identifying Corporate Parent Bayer AG for Monsanto Company.. (Lewis, John)
February 20, 2026 Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL from Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio, case number 25 CV B03 0370 ( Filing fee $ 405 paid - receipt number: AOHSDC-10905252), filed by Monsanto Company. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Supplemental Civil Cover Sheet Supplemental Civil Cover Sheet, #3 Exhibit Exhibit 1 - State Court Complaint and Docket) (Lewis, John)
February 20, 2026 If this case is referred, it will be to Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman. (kev)
February 20, 2026 CLERK'S NOTICE: In accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 73 and 28 U.S.C. 636(c), 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. The form may be accessed at the following link: #AO-085. The consent form should be filled out, signed and filed electronically only if all parties wish to consent. You may withhold your consent without adverse substantive consequences. Do NOT return or file the consent form unless all parties have signed the consent. (kev)

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Plaintiff: Dean Hooper
Represented By: James Griffin O'Brien
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Plaintiff: Becky Hooper
Represented By: James Griffin O'Brien
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Defendant: Monsanto Company
Represented By: John Q Lewis
Represented By: Rachel Nicole Byrnes
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Defendant: Bayer AG
Represented By: Rachel Nicole Byrnes
Represented By: John Q Lewis
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