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USCA11 Case: 23-14181   Document: 8-1     Date Filed: 02/23/2024   Page: 1 of 2

                                                 [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                                 In the
               United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit
                         ____________________

                              No. 23-14181
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                         ____________________

      IN RE: ZANTAC (RANITIDINE) PRODUCTS LIABILITY
      LITIGATION
      ___________________________________________________
      9:20-md-02924-RLR
      ERIK ROY HILLESLAND,
                                            Interested Party-Appellant,
      versus
      GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. USA,
      APOTEX CORP.,
      MICHAEL MCCANDLESS,
      BRAD ALDRIDGE,
      AJANTA PHARMA USA, INC., et al.,
                                                Defendants-Appellees.
USCA11 Case: 23-14181      Document: 8-1     Date Filed: 02/23/2024      Page: 2 of 2

      2                      Opinion of the Court                  23-14181
                           ____________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Southern District of Florida
                    D.C. Docket No. 9:20-md-02924-RLR
                          ____________________

      Before LUCK, BRASHER, and ABUDU, Circuit Judges.
      PER CURIAM:
              This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdic-
      tion. As explained in our previous opinion dismissing appeal no.
      23-11047, Appellant Erik Hillesland lacks standing to appeal be-
      cause he did not properly become a plaintiff in this action. See Wolff
      v. Cash 4 Titles, 351 F.3d 1348, 1353-54 (11th Cir. 2003) (explaining
      that litigants must establish their standing to appeal, and only a lit-
      igant who is aggrieved by a judgment or order may appeal); Marino
      v. Ortiz, 484 U.S. 301, 304 (1988) (noting that in general, only par-
      ties or those who properly become parties may appeal).
             No petition for rehearing may be ﬁled unless it complies
      with the timing and other requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all
      other applicable rules.