Martha Stevenson v. Ethicon, Incorporated, No. 16-1621 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1621 MARTHA M. STEVENSON; JAMES STEVENSON, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. ETHICON, INCORPORATED; JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Defendants – Appellees, and JOHNSON & JOHNSON, INC., Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Joseph R. Goodwin, District Judge. (2:12-cv-02700; 2:12-md-02327) Submitted: November 4, 2016 Decided: November 10, 2016 Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Tracy W. Houck, Ron Riggle, Louisiana, for Appellants. Higginbotham, THOMAS COMBS & Virginia; Christy Jones, John HOUCK & RIGGLE, LLC, Ruston, David B. Thomas, Daniel R. SPANN, PLLC, Charleston, West C. Henegan, Sr., Susana Moore Moldoveanu, Appellees. BUTLER SNOW, LLP, Ridgeland, Mississippi, for Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Martha M. Stevenson and James Stevenson appeal the district court’s orders effect dismissing service of this process have action and for denying reviewed the failure their record to timely motion and find for reconsideration. We no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Stevenson v. Ethicon, Inc., Nos. 2:12- cv-02700; (S.D. 2016). legal before 2:12-md-02327 W. Va. Jan. 26, 2016; May 27, We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions this court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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