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           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                  FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT                FILED
                    ________________________     U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                   ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                        Aug. 26, 2008
                          No. 07-13883             THOMAS K. KAHN
                    ________________________           CLERK

               D. C. Docket No. 03-01729-CV-T-30-TBM

JUSTIN RAND,

                                                       Plaintiff-Appellant,

                              versus

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC.,
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD.,
ROCHE HOLDING LTD.,

                                                 Defendants-Appellees.

                    ________________________

                          No. 07-13884
                      Non-Argument Calendar
                    ________________________

               D. C. Docket No. 04-02614-CV-T-30-TBM
CALEB ROBERT MCCLAIN,
KATHLEEN L. MCCLAIN-ROSARIO,

                                                      Plaintiffs-Appellants,

                                     versus

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC.,

                                                     Defendants-Appellees.

                          ________________________

                                No. 07-13885
                            Non-Argument Calendar
                          ________________________

                   D. C. Docket No. 04-02641-CV-T-30-TBM

KENNETH LOCKE,
et al.,

                                                                 Plaintiffs,

MARY E. FARR,
BETH PARKER, as Administrator of the
Estate of Kenneth Locke, Deceased,
JAMES STUDENSKY, U.S. Trustee for the
bankruptcy estate of Lacy and Brian Fechner,

                                                      Plaintiffs-Appellants,

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                             versus
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC.,
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD.,
ROCHE HOLDING LTD.,

                                                Defendants-Appellees.

                   ________________________

                         No. 07-13886
                     Non-Argument Calendar
                   ________________________

              D. C. Docket No. 04-02642-CV-T-30-TBM

KEITH HUBBARD,
et al.,

                                                               Plaintiffs,

KENNETH CANNADY,

                                                      Plaintiff-Appellant,

                             versus

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC.,
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD.,
ROCHE HOLDING LTD.,

                                                Defendants-Appellees.

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                        ________________________

                              No. 07-13887
                          Non-Argument Calendar
                        ________________________

                  D. C. Docket No. 04-02643-CV-T-30-TBM

GARRETT STEPHENS,
et al.,

                                                                   Plaintiffs,

DIANE REED, Trustee for the
Estate of Andrew Dean Messick,

                                                          Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                 versus

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC.,
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD.,

                                                    Defendants-Appellees.

                        ________________________

                              No. 07-13888
                          Non-Argument Calendar
                        ________________________

                  D. C. Docket No. 05-00370-CV-T-30-TBM

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DARRELL W. TEMPLE,

                                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC.,
ROCHE HOLDING LTD.,

                                                   Defendants-Appellees.

                      ________________________

                            No. 07-13889
                        Non-Argument Calendar
                      ________________________

                 D. C. Docket No. 05-01478-CV-T-30-TBM

JARED STEVENS,

                                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC.,
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD.,
ROCHE HOLDING LTD.,

                                                   Defendants-Appellees.

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                       ________________________

                             No. 07-13890
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                       ________________________

                 D. C. Docket No. 06-01063-CV-T-30-TBM

RICHARD PECHER,

                                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
d.b.a. Roche Pharmaceuticals,

                                                     Defendant-Appellee.

                       ________________________

                             No. 07-13891
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                       ________________________

                 D. C. Docket No. 06-01546-CV-T-30-TBM

BRITT MARIE WRIGHT,

                                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.,
ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC.,
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD.,
ROCHE HOLDING LTD.,

                                                   Defendants-Appellees.

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                              ________________________

                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Middle District of Florida
                           _________________________

                                    (August 26, 2008)

Before WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and MIDDLEBROOKS,* District
Judge.

PER CURIAM:

       Several plaintiffs, whose product-liability claims against Hoffman-LaRoche,

Inc., were consolidated, appeal the summary judgment in favor of Hoffman-

LaRoche that was based on a ruling by the district court that their causation

evidence was inadmissible. See In re Accutane Prods. Liab., 511 F. Supp. 2d 1288

(M.D. Fla. 2007). We have considered the briefs, the relevant parts of the record,

and the well-reasoned opinion by the district court and conclude that the district

court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the evidence and properly granted

summary judgment.

       AFFIRMED.

       *
          Honorable Donald M. Middlebrooks, United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Florida, sitting by designation.

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