In Re Certainteed Fiber Cement Siding Litigation

TRANSFER ORDER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel: * Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, plaintiffs in four Eastern District of Pennsylvania actions move for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings of seven actions pending in four districts as listed on Schedule A. Moving plaintiffs seek centralization in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. All responding parties support centralization under Section 1407 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Lone defendant CertainTeed Corp. (CertainTeed) joins in the motion. CertainTeed also asks the Panel to rename the litigation to the…