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Parties Involved:
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Defendant
Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC
Plaintiff
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

ANDREW H. SELESNICK (SBN 160516)

aselesnick@mrllp.com

DAMARIS L. MEDINA (SBN 262788)

dmedina@mrllp.com

KETAKEE R. KANE (SBN 291828)

kkane@mrllp.com

MICHELMAN & ROBINSON, LLP

10880 Wilshire Blvd., 19th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90024

Telephone: (310) 564-2670

Facsimile: (310) 564-2671

Troy A. Schell, Esq. (SBN 208661)

Bryan Wong, Esq. (SBN 205573)

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC.

3300 East Guasti Road, 3rd Floor

Ontario, California 91761

Telephone: (909) 235-4400

Facsimile: (909) 235-4419

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Additional Counsel Listed On Next Page

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES 

– SHASTA, LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company doing business as 

Shasta Regional Medical Center;

Plaintiff

vs. 

Sylvia Mathews Burwell in her 

official capacity as Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 

Defendant.

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Case No. 2:15-cv-01120-TLN-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE HEARING

[L.R. 144(A)]

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

BOBBIE J. MONTOYA (CSBN 208772)

Assistant United States Attorney

Bobbie.Montoya@usdoj.gov

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2821

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Attorneys for Defendant

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

Defendant Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 

Services (“Defendant”), by and through their attorneys, hereby stipulate and agree, 

subject to approval of the Court, as follows:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has filed a total of 9 cases challenging determinations 

by the Medicare Appeals Council that Plaintiff lacked standing to appeal the denial 

of its claims for payment for emergency medical services provided to Medicare 

beneficiaries between November 2008 and February 2009, which cases are 

identified as follows:

(1) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:14-cv-02791-

TLN-KJN. 

(2) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00154-

TLN-KJN. 

(3) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00324-

TLN-KJN. 

(4) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00400-

TLN-KJN. 

(5) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00450-

TLN-KJN. 

(6) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00473-

TLN-KJN.

(7) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00474-

TLN-KJN. 

(8) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-00709-

TLN-KJN. 

(9) Prime Healthcare Services - Shasta, LLC v. Burwell, 2:15-cv-01120-

TLN-KJN. 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff is presently involved in a matter before 

Superior Court in Kern County necessitating the deposition of an individual 

residing in Saudi Arabia. The case involves multiple parties and the deponent has 

limited availability to fly to the United States. The deponent is only available on 

March 10, 2016. Counsel for Plaintiff has attempted to internally resolve the 

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conflict, but due to the deponent’s travel considerations, has been unable to find an 

alternative date. Counsel for Defendant has also recently taken a brief medical 

leave. In light of the above, the parties hereby stipulate, subject to the approval of 

the court, to continue the hearing date in the above-captioned matter.

WHEREAS, the parties have requested two previous postponements of the 

hearing date on Defendant’s pending motion to dismiss, which requests were

granted on October 23, 2015 and January 13, 2016;

In light of the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED 

that:

(a) The hearing on Defendant’s pending motion to dismiss shall be heard 

on April 7, 2016, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard;

and,

(b) Defendant’s reply briefs, if any, shall be filed and served no later 

March 24, 2016.

Dated: February 22, 2016 MICHELMAN & ROBINSON

By: /s/ Ketakee R. Kane

Andrew H. Selesnick

Damaris L. Medina

Ketakee R. Kane

Troy A. Schell, Esq. 

Bryan Wong, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiff Prime Healthcare 

Services – Shasta, LLC

Dated: February 22, 2016 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Bobbie J. Montoya 

Bobbie J. Montoya

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant Sylvia Mathews 

Burwell

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation and good cause having been shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. The hearing on Defendant’s pending motion to dismiss shall be heard 

on April 7, 2016; and,

2. Defendant’s reply briefs, if any, shall be filed and served no later 

March 24, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 23, 2016

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