In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation

Full title: IN RE: VITAMINS ANTITRUST LITIGATION, THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: Animal…

Court: United States District Court, D. Columbia

Date published: Jan 13, 2003

MDL No. 1285, Misc. No. 99-0197 (THE) (D.D.C. Jan. 13, 2003)

Opinion

MDL No. 1285, Misc. No. 99-0197 (THE)

January 13, 2003

ORDER Re: Defendant Bioproducts Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Class Plaintiffs' Motion to Sever and Transfer to Minnesota Claims Against Defendant Bioproducts Inc.

THOMAS F. HOGAN, United States District Judge

Pending before the Court are Defendant Bioproducts Inc.'s ("Bioproducts") Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Class Plaintiffs' Motion to Sever and Transfer to Minnesota Claims Against Defendant Bioproducts Inc. Bioproducts filed the motion to dismiss based on lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2). Class Plaintiffs responded to the motion by moving the Court to sever pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 21 and transfer the claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and 1406(a) to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Class Plaintiffs do not dispute that this Court lacks personal jurisdiction over Bioproducts and Bioproducts does not oppose Class Plaintiffs' motion to sever. Thus, it is hereby

ORDERED that Class Plaintiffs Class Plaintiffs' Motion to Sever and Transfer Claims Against Defendant Bioproducts Inc. t the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is GRANTED; it is further hereby

ORDERED that Defendant Bioproducts Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction is DENIED AS MOOT.