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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BETH AIGNER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

BAYER CORP., et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 16-03437 WHA

ORDER DENYING PRO

HAC VICE APPLICATION

OF ATTORNEY ROBERT J.

FRANK

The pro hac vice application of Attorney Robert J. Frank (Dkt. No. 33) is DENIED for

failing to comply with Local Rule 11-3. The local rule requires that an applicant certify that “he

or she is an active member in good standing of the bar of a United States Court or of the highest

court of another State or the District of Columbia, specifying such bar” (emphasis added). 

Filling out the pro hac vice form from the district court website such that it only identifies the

state of bar membership — such as “the bar of West Virginia” — is inadequate under the local

rule because it fails to identify a specific court. While the application fee does not need to be

paid again, the application cannot be processed until a corrected form is submitted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2016. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:16-cv-03437-WHA Document 34 Filed 08/02/16 Page 1 of 1