092290P.pdf   10/15/2010  Anna Bryant  v.  Medtronic, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2290
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Melloy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - products liability. In an action alleging the Sprint Fidelis
   Leads used as part of defendant's implantable cardiac defibrillator were
   defective, the district court did not err in dismissing the action on the
   ground the claims were preempted by section 360k(a) of the Medical Devices
   Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; plaintiffs' express
   warranty claim would interfere with the FDA's regulation of Class III
   medical devices and is conflict preempted; district court did not abuse its
   discretion by denying plaintiffs' post-judgment motion to amend the
   complaint; district court did not err in denying plaintiffs' untimely
   motion to recuse. Judge Melloy, concurring in part and dissenting in part.