Opinion
Civil Action No. 11-cv-02736-MSK-KMT
10-31-2011
THERESA THOMAS-WALSH; and PATRICK WALSH, Plaintiffs, v. MERCK & CO., INC., a New Jersey corporation; MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., a New Jersey corporation; GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC, a Delaware corporation; GENENTECH, INC., a Delaware corporation; HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE, INC.; ROCHE LABORATORIES, INC., a Delaware corporation; and NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendants.
Honorable Marcia S. Krieger
ORDER OF RECUSAL
THIS MATTER arises sua sponte. The undersigned is a beneficiary of a trust whose assets include shares in one of the parties. Accordingly, the undersigned has a financial interest in a party to the proceeding, and 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(4) and the CODE OF CONDUCT FOR UNITED STATES JUDGES require her recusal in this matter
Accordingly, the undersigned hereby RECUSES herself from hearing this matter. The Clerk shall randomly reassign this case to another judge of this Court.
BY THE COURT:
Marcia S. Krieger
United States District Judge