In re: C.R. Bard, Inc, No. 20-2139 (4th Cir. 2021)
Annotate this Case
Download PDF
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-2139 In re: C.R. BARD, INCORPORATED, Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation. -----------------------------LANA C. KEETON, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, v. C. R. BARD, INC.; C. R. BARD, Defendants - Appellees. No. 20-2149 In re: AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation. -----------------------------LANA C. KEETON, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, v. AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED; AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, Defendants - Appellees. No. 20-2155 In re: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation. -----------------------------LANA C. KEETON, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION; BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, INC.; BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MIAMI CORPORATION; BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SALES, INC.; BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP, Defendants - Appellees. No. 20-2158 In re: ETHICON, INCORPORATED, Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation. -----------------------------LANA C. KEETON, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, v. ETHICON, INC.; JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Defendants - Appellees. 2 No. 20-2161 In re: COLOPLAST CORP., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation. -----------------------------LANA C. KEETON, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, v. COLOPLAST CORP.; COLOPLAST CORPORATION; COLOPLAST, Defendants - Appellees. No. 20-2164 In re: COOK MEDICAL INC., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation. -----------------------------LANA C. KEETON, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, v. COOK MEDICAL, INC.; COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Defendants - Appellees. No. 20-2170 3 In re: NEOMEDIC PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEM PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. -----------------------------LANA C. KEETON, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, v. NEOMEDIC, INC.; INTERNATIONAL, NEOMEDIC INTERNATIONAL SL; NEOMEDIC Defendants - Appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Joseph R. Goodwin, District Judge. (2:10-md-02187; 2:12-md-02325; 2:12-md-02326; 2:12-md-02327; 2:12-md-02387; 2:13-md-02440; 2:14-md-02511) Submitted: April 22, 2021 Decided: April 26, 2021 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, AGEE, Circuit Judge, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Lana C. Keeton, Appellant Pro Se. Susanna Moore Moldoveanu, BUTLER SNOW LLP, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 4 PER CURIAM: In these consolidated cases, Lana C. Keeton seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying Keeton’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(3) motion, which she filed in the underlying multidistrict litigation. We dismiss the appeals for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. In civil cases, parties have 30 days after the entry of the district court’s final judgment or order to note an appeal, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), unless the district court extends the appeal period under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5) or reopens the appeal period under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6). “[T]he timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement.” Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). The district court entered its order denying the Rule 60(b)(3) motion on September 17, 2020. Keeton filed her notice of appeal on October 20, 2020. Because Keeton failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeals. We grant Keeton’s “Motion to Take Judicial Notice,” in part, to the extent Keeton asks the court to consider the filing. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 5
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
