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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRIAN H. and ALEX H.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 17-cv-03095-MMC 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION

TO RECONSIDER; VACATING 

JUDGMENT; DENYING WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS 

Re: Dkt. Nos. 98, 104

Before the Court is the Motion to Reconsider or Amend Judgment (“Motion to 

Reconsider”), filed April 9, 2019, by defendant California Physicians’ Service dba Blue 

Shield of California (“Blue Shield”). Plaintiffs Brian H. and Alex H. have filed opposition, 

to which Blue Shield has replied. The matter came on regularly for hearing on May 17, 

2019. Katie J. Spielman and David M. Lilienstein of DL Law Group appeared on behalf of 

plaintiffs. Joseph E. Laska and Anastasia Bondarchuk of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP 

appeared on behalf of Blue Shield. 

Having read and considered the parties’ respective written submissions and the 

arguments of counsel at hearing, the Court, for the reasons stated on the record at the 

hearing, rules as follows: 

1. The Motion to Reconsider is hereby GRANTED in part, and the Judgment 

entered in favor of plaintiffs on March 12, 2019, is hereby VACATED. 

2. Plaintiffs may file, no later than June 14, 2019, a Supplement to their 

Opposition to Blue Shield’s Cross-Motion; in response thereto, Blue Shield may file, no 

later than July 12, 2019, a Supplement to its Reply in Support of its Cross-Motion; and, 

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unless the parties are otherwise notified, a hearing will be held on August 2, 2019, at 9:00 

a.m.

3. In light of the above, plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, filed 

March 25, 2019, is hereby DENIED without prejudice as premature. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 20, 2019

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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