Rhonda Brantley v. Ethicon, Incorporated, No. 16-1192 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1192 RHONDA T. BRANTLEY, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. ETHICON, INCORPORATED; JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Defendants - Appellees. No. 16-1194 SHELIA L. BRACATO, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. ETHICON, INCORPORATED; JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Defendants - Appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Joseph R. Goodwin, District Judge. (2:12-cv-02605; 2:12-cv-02697; 2:12-md-02327) Submitted: August 12, 2016 Decided: Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. August 24, 2016 Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Tracy W. Houck, Ron Riggle, HOUCK & RIGGLE, LLC, Ruston, Louisiana, for Appellants. Philip Combs, David B. Thomas, Daniel R. Higginbotham, THOMAS COMBS & SPANN, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia; John C. Henegan, Sr., Christy Jones, Susanna Moore Moldoveanu, BUTLER SNOW LLP, Ridgeland, Mississippi, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Rhonda T. Brantley and Shelia L. Bracato appeal the district court’s orders dismissing these actions for failure to timely effect service of process. and find no reversible error. reasons stated by the We have reviewed the records Accordingly, we affirm for the district court. Brantley v. Ethicon, Inc., Nos. 2:12-cv-02605, 2:12-md-02327 (S.D. W. Va. Jan. 25, 2016); Bracato v. Ethicon, Inc., Nos. 2:12-md-02327 (S.D. W. Va. Jan. 25, 2016). oral argument adequately because presented in the the facts and materials legal before 2:12-cv-02697, We dispense with contentions this court are and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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