Mealey's (September 5, 2018, 1:24 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — In a “close call,” the Ohio federal judge overseeing the national opioid multidistrict litigation on Sept. 4 used a “liberal interpretation” of the federal officer removal statute in denying requests by two Native American tribes to remand their cases to state courts (In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, No. 1:17-md-2804, N.D. Ohio, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150177)....