Opinion
CIVIL NO. 09-630-GPM.
September 8, 2009
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Consistent with the Court's policy that related cases should be concentrated before a single judge, see Bourda v. Caliber Auto Transfer of St. Louis, Inc., Civil No. 09-519-GPM, 2009 WL 2356141, at *1 (S.D. Ill. July 31, 2009); Kurz v. Fidelity Mgmt. Research Co., No. 07-cv-709-JPG, 2008 WL 2397582, at *1 (S.D. Ill. June 10, 2008); Sanders v. Merck Co., Civil No. 07-64-GPM, 2007 WL 924497, at *2 (S.D. Ill. Mar. 27, 2007); Vogel v. Merck Co., 476 F. Supp. 2d 996, 997-98 (S.D. Ill. 2007), this case is hereby REASSIGNED for all further proceedings to Chief United States District Judge David R. Herndon, before whom a number of related cases ( Hill v. Bayer Corp., Civil No. 09-567-DRH (S.D. Ill. filed July 27, 2009), Hicks v. Bayer Corp., Civil No. 09-602-DRH (S.D. Ill. filed Aug. 7, 2009), Spencer v. Bayer Corp., Civil No. 09-604-DRH (S.D. Ill. filed Aug. 7, 2009), Franklin v. Bayer Corp., Civil No. 09-625-DRH (S.D. Ill. filed Aug. 18, 2009), Wood v. Bayer Corp., Civil No. 09-627-DRH (S.D. Ill. filed Aug. 18, 2009), and Devine v. Bayer Corp., Civil No. 09-628-DRH (S.D. Ill. filed Aug. 18, 2009)) are already pending. All further filings in this case shall bear the case number Civil No. 09-630-DRH-PMF.