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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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Eric De Wames, State Bar No. 229745

edewames@messner.com

MESSNER REEVES LLP

11620 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90025

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (310) 909-7440

Facsimile: (310) 889-0896

Neal F. Perryman (admitted pro hac vice)

nperryman@lewisrice.com

Michael L. Jente (admitted pro hac vice)

mjente@lewisrice.com

LEWIS RICE LLC

600 Washington Ave., Ste. 2500

St. Louis, Missouri 63101

Telephone: (314) 444-7661

Facsimile: (314) 612-7661

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES 

SHASTA, LLC,

Plaintiff,

vs.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HEALTH 

ASSOCIATION, INC.; and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:16-cv-01559-WBS-CMK

JOINT STATUS UPDATE

Plaintiff Prime Healthcare Services Shasta, LLC (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant 

Government Employees Health Association, Inc. (“Defendant”), by and through their 

respective counsel of record, hereby advise the Court that they have been working diligently to 

reach a settlement agreement. In drafting the settlement agreement, the Parties uncovered an 

additional dispute, and have worked to resolve that dispute as well so as to avoid future 

litigation. As a result, the negotiating 

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process has taken longer than anticipated, but is expected to be completed in the coming days. 

As a result, the Parties hereby request that all pending deadlines be stayed for an additional 

thirty (30) days while the settlement agreement is finalized and executed.

DATED: November 18, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Neal F. Perryman

Neal F. Perryman (admitted pro hac vice)

Michael L. Jente (admitted pro hac vice)

LEWIS RICE LLC

and

/s/ Eric DeWames_________________

Eric De Wames

MESSNER REEVES LLP

Attorneys for Defendant

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HEALTH 

ASSOCIATION, INC.

By: /s/ John Nuelle (w/consent)

John Nuelle

PRIME HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, 

INC.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES –

SHASTA, LLC d/b/a SHASTA REGIONAL 

MEDICAL CENTER

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ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. All pending deadlines in this case are stayed for thirty (30) days, up to and 

including December 19, 2016.

2. The Parties shall, on or before December 19, 2016, file either a Notice of 

Dismissal or a Joint Status Update.

3. The Scheduling Conference is continued to January 3, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.

Dated: November 22, 2016

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