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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUTH THROWER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

GRANCARE, LLC dba VALE HEALTHCARE

CENTER, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

No. C-15-5575 MMC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION FOR ORDER ENLARGING

TIME; VACATING BRIEFING SCHEDULE

AND HEARING ON DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS; CONTINUING

HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO

REMAND

Before the Court are four motions, filed sequentially by various parties to the abovetitled action: (a) defendant Mariner Health Care, Inc.’s “Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 12(b)(2) for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction”

(hereinafter, “Motion to Dismiss”), filed December 14, 2015, and noticed for hearing on

February 19, 2016; (b) plaintiffs’ “Motion for an Order Remanding the Case to State Court”

(hereinafter, “Motion to Remand”), filed December 15, 2015, and noticed for hearing on

January 22, 2016; (c) plaintiffs’ “Motion for an Order (1) to Enlarge Time on the Briefing

Deadlines Relating to Defendant Mariner Health Care, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss, Including

the December 28, 2015 Deadline for Plaintiffs’ Opposition; (2) to Continue the Hearing on

Said Motion and (3) to Permit Plaintiff to Conduct Jurisdictional Discovery” (hereinafter,

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The Civil Local Rules pursuant to which the motion was filed do not provide for a

hearing.

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The Court will set a new briefing schedule on the Motion to Dismiss, if appropriate,

after it has ruled on the Motion to Remand and the Motion to Disqualify.

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“Motion to Enlarge Time”), filed December 18, 2015;1 and (d) defendant Grancare, LLC’s

“Motion to Disqualify Plaintiffs’ Counsel” (hereinafter, “Motion to Disqualify”), filed

December 23, 2015, and noticed for hearing on February 5, 2016. 

In light of the various issues raised by the above-referenced motions, the Court rules

as follows:

1. To the extent plaintiffs seek an order setting a new briefing schedule and hearing

date for Mariner Health Care, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss, plaintiffs’ Motion to Enlarge Time is

hereby GRANTED, and the current briefing and hearing dates on the Motion to Dismiss are

hereby VACATED.2

2. To the extent plaintiffs seek an order authorizing jurisdictional discovery, plaintiffs’

Motion to Enlarge Time is hereby DENIED without prejudice. 

3. The hearing on plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand is hereby CONTINUED to February

5, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 23, 2015 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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