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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: ROUNDUP PRODUCTS 

LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 2741

Case No. 16-md-02741-VC

This document relates to: 

Bronzini v. Monsanto Co., 19-cv-4676

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 176:

DENYING MOTION TO REMAND, 

SEVERING PLAINTIFFS, AND 

DIRECTING THE FILING OF A 

SHORT-FORM COMPLAINT

Re: Dkt. No. 5533

The motion to remand is denied. See Dkt. No. 5533. One of the plaintiffs, Robert 

Thackwray, was exposed to Roundup on at least three military bases. “Federal courts have 

federal question jurisdiction over tort claims that arise on ‘federal enclaves,’” so removal was 

appropriate in this case. Durham v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 445 F.3d 1247, 1250 (9th Cir. 2006).

These federal-enclave claims fall within the federal courts’ jurisdiction even if they are based on 

state law, and even if state courts have concurrent jurisdiction over the same claims. See Willis v. 

Craig, 555 F.2d 724, 726 n.4 (9th Cir. 1977) (per curiam). Considering the exceptions in 28 

U.S.C. § 1367(c), it is appropriate to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Thackwray’s other 

state-law claims.

The remaining non-federal-enclave plaintiffs are severed and remanded to the 21st

Judicial Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis, Missouri, with the parties to bear their own costs 

and attorney’s fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(c)(2).

Thackwray is directed to file a short-form complaint on the docket for the member case,

Bronzini v. Monsanto Co., 19-cv-4676, as well as on the main docket for the MDL, 16-md-2741.

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See Pretrial Order No. 155, ¶ 6, Dkt. No. 4454. The requirements for the short-form complaint 

are described in Pretrial Order No. 155, ¶ 1.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 11, 2019

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VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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