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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:1395 HHS: Adverse Reimbursement Review

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STIPULATION REQUESTING CONTINUANCE

No. C 06-3302 JW RS

KEVIN V. RYAN (CSBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

STEVEN J. SALTIEL (CSBN 202292)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6996

FAX: (415) 436-6748

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF THE

MONTEREY PENINSULA,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL O. LEAVITT, Secretary of the

United States Department of Health and

Human Services, 

Defendant.

 

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No. C 06-3302 JW RS 

STIPULATION REQUESTING

CONTINUANCE OF INITIAL CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND

RELATED DEADLINES;[PROPOSED]

ORDER 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND JOINTLY REQUEST, pursuant to Civil L.R.

7-12 and 16-2(e), through their undersigned counsel, that the initial Case Management

Conference, currently scheduled for October 16, 2006, be continued until December 18, 2006 at

10:00 a.m., and that the related deadlines be continued as set forth below. A proposed order is

submitted herewith. This joint request is based on the following: 

1. This action was commenced on May 19, 2006. Defendant was served on July 17, 2006. 

The complaint seeks judicial review of a decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services

based upon an administrative record. 

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2. On August 18, 2006, the parties submitted a stipulation, pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1(a),

extending the defendant’s time to answer the complaint until October 30, 2006. On September

18, 2006, this Court approved the August 18, 2006 Stipulation. 

3. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(E)(i), this case is exempt from initial disclosure

requirements. As an action for review on an administrative record, the parties anticipate that the

case will be resolved through a motion and cross-motion for summary judgment to be heard

pursuant to a mutually agreeable briefing and hearing schedule, subject to the Court’s approval. 

4. The parties jointly seek a continuance that allows for a sufficient amount of time after the

filing of the answer to consider, and meet and confer on, the identification of issues in the case

and an appropriate briefing schedule. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court

continue the initial Case Management Conference and related deadlines as follows: 

November 27, 2006: Last day to meet and confer regarding early settlement and ADR

process selection; file ADR Certification; file either Stipulation to

ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference.

December 11, 2006: File Joint Case Management Statement.

December 18, 2006: Initial Case Management Conference in Courtroom 8, 4 Floor, th

San Jose, at 10:00 a.m. 

DATED: September 20, 2006 Respectfully submitted,

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

 /s/ 

STEVEN J. SALTIEL

Assistant United States Attorney

DATED: September 20 2006 HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC.

 /s/ 

JON P. NEUSTADTER

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Good cause having been shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Initial Case

Management Conference and related deadlines are continued as follows: 

November 27, 2006: Last day to meet and confer regarding early settlement and ADR

process selection; file ADR Certification; file either Stipulation to

ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference.

December 11, 2006: File Joint Case Management Statement.

December 18, 2006: Initial Case Management Conference in Courtroom 8, 4 Floor, th

San Jose, at 10:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

______________________________

HON. JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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