Debra Avrin v. Mentor Worldwide LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SOUTHERN DIVISION

11 ) Case No.: SACV 23-02278-CJC (ADSx) DEBRA AVRIN and LYNN MURPHY, ) 12 ) ) 13 Plaintiff, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ) THIS CASE SHOULD NOT BE 14 v. ) TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT ) OF COLORADO OR THE DISTRICT 15 ) OF NEW JERSEY

MENTOR WORLDWIDE LLC, )

16 ) ) 17 ) Defendant. ) 18 ) 19 20 In this case, Plaintiffs Debra Avrin and her husband Lynn Murphy allege 21 Defendant Mentor Worldwide LLC’s MemoryGel textured breast implants caused Avrin 22 to develop Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (“BIA-ALCL”). 23 (Dkts. 1-2–1-3 [Complaint, hereinafter “Compl.”].) Plaintiffs allege Defendant 24 concealed the risk of BIA-ALCL associated with its textured breast implants, and assert 25 claims for (1) strict product…