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Parties Involved:
Rhonda T. Brantley
Appellant
Ethicon, Incorporated
Appellee
Johnson & Johnson
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1192

RHONDA T. BRANTLEY,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

ETHICON, INCORPORATED; JOHNSON & JOHNSON,

Defendants - Appellees.

No. 16-1194

SHELIA L. BRACATO,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

ETHICON, INCORPORATED; JOHNSON & JOHNSON,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern 

District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Joseph R. Goodwin, 

District Judge. (2:12-cv-02605; 2:12-cv-02697; 2:12-md-02327)

Submitted: August 12, 2016 Decided: August 24, 2016

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Tracy W. Houck, Ron Riggle, HOUCK & RIGGLE, LLC, Ruston, 

Louisiana, for Appellants. Philip Combs, David B. Thomas, 

Daniel R. Higginbotham, THOMAS COMBS & SPANN, PLLC, Charleston, 

West Virginia; John C. Henegan, Sr., Christy Jones, Susanna 

Moore Moldoveanu, BUTLER SNOW LLP, Ridgeland, Mississippi, for 

Appellees. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Rhonda T. Brantley and Shelia L. Bracato appeal the 

district court’s orders dismissing these actions for failure to 

timely effect service of process. We have reviewed the records

and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the 

reasons stated by the district court. Brantley v. Ethicon, 

Inc., Nos. 2:12-cv-02605, 2:12-md-02327 (S.D. W. Va. Jan. 25, 

2016); Bracato v. Ethicon, Inc., Nos. 2:12-cv-02697, 

2:12-md-02327 (S.D. W. Va. Jan. 25, 2016). 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.

AFFIRMED

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