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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)

DAMARIS L. MEDINA (SBN 262788)

KETAKEE R. KANE (SBN 291828)

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 

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Defendant.

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

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO 

FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING

[L.R. 144(A)]

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

BOBBIE J. MONTOYA (CSBN 208772)

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2821

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Bobbie.Montoya@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

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, subject to 

approval of the Court, to the following:

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.

These cases are 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. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

In light of Plaintiff attorneys’ workload, which includes an arbitration, 

mediation, and depositions in November, a mediation and depositions in 

December, and an arbitration in January, the parties hereby stipulate, subject to the 

approval of the Court, to the following proposed briefing schedule:

Deadline for Plaintiff’s Oppositions to Defendant’s Motions to Dismiss:

January 14, 2016

Deadline for Defendant’s Replies in Support of Defendant’s Motion to 

Dismiss: February 11, 2016

Hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss: February 25, 2016

Although the parties have not previously asked for an extension of time to 

file an opposition to Defendant’s motions to dismiss, the parties have previously 

filed several stipulations for extensions of time to file a responsive pleading to the 

original Complaint. The parties appreciate the Court’s patience in this matter.

Dated: October 22, 2015 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: October 22, 2015 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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STIPULATION AND ORDER

ORDER

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

ORDERED.

Dated: October 23, 2015

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