Trevino v. MedVenture Technology Corporation

District Court, S.D. West Virginia

Trevino v. MedVenture Technology Corporation

Trial Court Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON DIVISION IN RE: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEMS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL 2326 ------------------------------------------------- THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO Maggie Trevino v. MedVenture Technology Corp., et al. 2:13-cv-032592 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pending is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice, filed by Boston Scientific Corporation (“BSC”) on November 16, 2018. [ECF No. 89]. BSC asserts that plaintiff’s case should be dismissed with prejudice for failure to comply with court orders, including the failure to timely provide a plaintiff fact sheet in violation of Pretrial Order Numbers 16 and 196. Plaintiff, who is , did not respond to the Motion. On October 29, 2019, the court entered a Show Cause Order directing plaintiff to show cause on or before November 12, 2019, why BSC and the remaining defendant, MedVenture Technology Corporation, should not be dismissed. [ECF No.

90] The court sent a copy of this order to plaintiff at her last known address and posted it on the court’s public website. Plaintiff did not show cause or otherwise respond. The court finds, pursuant to Rules 16 and 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and after weighing the factors identified in ,

561 F.2d 494, 503-06

(4th Cir. 1977), that this case should be dismissed without prejudice for plaintiffs failure to respond to the show cause order and otherwise comply with discovery deadlines in compliance with the court’s previous pretrial and other orders. Therefore, the court ORDERS that the motion to dismiss [ECF No. 89] is GRANTED in part to the extent BSC seeks dismissal and DENIED in part insofar as BSC seeks dismissal with prejudice. The court ORDERS that BSC and MedVenture Technology Corporation are dismissed without prejudice. No other defendants remain, and the case is stricken from the docket and closed. The court DIRECTS the Clerk to send a copy of this order to counsel of record and plaintiff at her last known address. ENTER: November 13, 2019

Ip ee STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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