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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ENLARGE EXPERT DISLCLOSURE DEADLINES 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

FLETCHER C. ALFORD (SBN: 152314) 

falford@gordonrees.com 

RYAN B. POLK (SBN: 230769) 

rpolk@gordonrees.com 

KYLE R. SMITH (SBN: 294236) 

ksmith@gordonrees.com 

GORDON & REES LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 986-5900 

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054 

PATRIC HOOPER (SBN: 57343) 

phooper@health-law.com 

KATRINA A. PAGONIS (SBN: 262890) 

kpagonis@health-law.com 

HOOPER LUNDY & BOOKMAN 

575 Market Street, Suite 2300 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 875-8515 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. COLLEEN 

HERREN, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER; EL DORADO 

HEMATOLOGY & MEDICAL ONCOLOGY II, 

INC.; DR. LIN H. SOE; DR. TSUONG TSAI, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO. 2:12-CV-0098 JAM-KJN

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

ORDER ENLARGING EXPERT 

DISCLOSURE DEADLINES 

Plaintiff-Relator Colleen Herren and Defendants Marshall Medical Center (“MMC”), 

Hematology & Medical Oncology II, and Drs. Soe and Tsai, constituting all parties appearing in 

this action (collectively referred to as “the Parties”), hereby stipulate, through their counsel of 

record, to continue certain pre-trial deadlines as set forth herein. This Stipulation to Enlarge 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ENLARGE EXPERT DISLCLOSURE DEADLINES 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Expert Disclosure Deadlines is made pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 78 and Local 

Rules 137, 143, 144, and 230. 

Reasons for Continuance: Good cause exists for this stipulation and request. The parties 

are actively engaged in the discovery process. This case involves allegations relating to hospital 

billing for services provided from January 2008 to at least March 2012 and involves the 

discovery of documents that include billing and medical records for a large number of patients 

over the course of those years. Counsel for MMC is in the midst of producing responsive 

documents to Relator's second set of requests for production and counsel have advised Relator's 

counsel that they are currently reviewing over 1 million pages of documents (approximately 

300,000 records) for potential production. Relator anticipates serving at least another set of 

requests for documents based on Relator's expert's requirements for a statistically sound analysis. 

In addition to obtaining documents from Defendants, Relator issued a subpoena to CMS for 

Medicare claims data in late November 2015, but due to technical difficulties, CMS did not 

produce the Medicare claims data until late February 2016. The Parties' respective expert 

witnesses will rely upon these documents in preparing their reports. The experts have been 

vigorously working to prepare their Rule 26(a)(2)(b) reports, but the experts require additional 

time to evaluate and prepare their reports. Given the upcoming April 8, 2016 deadline for expert 

disclosures, the Parties have agreed to a short extension -- approximately 45 days -- of the expert 

disclosure deadline and the deadline for supplemental expert reports and respectfully request that 

the Court grant the relief requested herein. A narrow enlargement of these deadlines will ensure 

that the designated experts have sufficient time to review the necessary materials and prepare 

their experts reports. No other deadlines previously set by the Court are affected by this 

stipulation and request. 

Therefore, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties to this action as 

follows: 

1. That the Last Court Day for the Parties to Submit Expert Witness Disclosures, 

currently set for April 8, 2016, be continued to May 23, 2016; 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ENLARGE EXPERT DISLCLOSURE DEADLINES 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

2. That the Last Court Day for the Parties to Submit Supplemental Disclosures and 

Disclosure of Rebuttal Experts, currently set for May 6, 2016, be continued to 

June 20, 2016; 

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: 3/16/2016 GORDON & REES LLP 

By: /s/

Fletcher C. Alford 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER

Dated: HOOPER LUNDY & BOOKMAN PC

By: /s/

Patric Hooper 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER

Dated: HANSON BRIDGETT LLP

By: /s/

Kathryn E. Doi 

Attorney for Defendants 

DR. LIN H. SOE and DR. TSUONG 

TSAI; EL DORADO HEMATOLOGY 

& MEDICAL ONCOLOGY II

Dated: WATERS KRAUS & PAUL 

By: /s/

Michael L. Armitage 

Louisa Kirakosian 

Attorneys for Defendant 

COLLEEN HERREN 

Dated: JOSEPH, GREENWALD & LAAKE, P.A.

By: /s/

Brian Markovitz 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

COLLEEN HERREN 

 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ENLARGE EXPERT DISLCLOSURE DEADLINES 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

ORDER 

Based on the Joint Stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS 

ORDERED: 

1. That the Last Court Day for the Parties to Submit Expert Witness Disclosures, 

currently set for April 8, 2016, be continued to May 23, 2016; 

2. That the Last Court Day for the Parties to Submit Supplemental Disclosures and 

Disclosure of Rebuttal Experts, currently set for May 6, 2016, be continued to June 

20, 2016; 

IT IS SO ORDERED

 Dated: 3/16/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez_____________ 

 Hon. John A. Mendez 

 United States District Court Judge 

1110733/27235634v.1 

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