Case Name: Joseph M. CARIK, James Beadnell, Joy Beadnell, George Demko, Adam Dible, Carol E. Emerson, Michael Gnidovec, Michael A. Masula, Thomas James Olszewski, Thomas Stanziano, Laura Winchester, John Doe, 1-8, Jane Doe, 1-5, and Jennifer Lacognata, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Food and Drug Administration, Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, United States National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Francis S. Collins, in his Official Capacity as the Director, National Institutes of Health, Defendants-Appellees, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-05-06
Citations: 564 F. App'x 1028
Docket Number: No. 2014-1270
Parties: Joseph M. CARIK, James Beadnell, Joy Beadnell, George Demko, Adam Dible, Carol E. Emerson, Michael Gnidovec, Michael A. Masula, Thomas James Olszewski, Thomas Stanziano, Laura Winchester, John Doe, 1-8, Jane Doe, 1-5, and Jennifer Lacognata, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Food and Drug Administration, Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, United States National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Francis S. Collins, in his Official Capacity as the Director, National Institutes of Health, Defendants-Appellees, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 564
Pages: 1028–1029

Head Matter:
Joseph M. CARIK, James Beadnell, Joy Beadnell, George Demko, Adam Dible, Carol E. Emerson, Michael Gnidovec, Michael A. Masula, Thomas James Olszewski, Thomas Stanziano, Laura Winchester, John Doe, 1-8, Jane Doe, 1-5, and Jennifer Lacognata, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Food and Drug Administration, Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, United States National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Francis S. Collins, in his Official Capacity as the Director, National Institutes of Health, Defendants-Appellees, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Defendant.
No. 2014-1270.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
May 6, 2014.
Charles Allen Black, Jr., Counsel, Law Office of C. Allen Black, Jr., Ph.D., Allison Park, PA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Jeffrey Eric Sandberg, Attorney, Scott R. McIntosh, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appel-lees.
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

Opinion:
ON MOTION
ORDER
The parties jointly move to dismiss this appeal. Mount Sinai School of Medicine notifies the court that it will not be participating in the appeal and requests that its designation as an appellee be stricken from the official caption because the claims against it were voluntarily dismissed in the district court.
Upon consideration thereof,
It Is ORDERED That:
(1) The motion to dismiss this appeal is granted. The appeal is dismissed.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
(3) Pursuant to Mount Sinai's notice, the revised official caption is reflected above.