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Parties Involved:
Jennifer Kent
Defendant
St. Anthony Medical Centers
Plaintiff
State of California Department of Health Care Services
Defendant

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE AND EXTEND DEADLINES TO 

COMPLY WITH RULE 26 CONFERENCE AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; ORDER 

HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

KATHRYN E. DOI, SBN 121979 

kdoi@hansonbridgett.com 

LANDON D. BAILEY, SBN 240236 

lbailey@hansonbridgett.com 

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1500 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 442-3333 

Facsimile: (916) 442-2348 

Attorneys for Plaintiff ST. ANTHONY 

MEDICAL CENTERS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ST. ANTHONY MEDICAL CENTERS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JENNIFER KENT, Director of the State of 

California Department of Health Care 

Services, and the STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

HEALTH SERVICES, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:15−CV−01926−KJM−DAD 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

CONFERENCE AND EXTEND 

DEADLINES TO COMPLY WITH RULE 

26 CONFERENCE AND DISCLOSURE 

REQUIREMENTS; ORDER 

Action Filed: September 11, 2015 

Plaintiff ST. ANTHONY MEDICAL CENTERS (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES and JENNIFER KENT in her 

capacity as Director of the California Department of Health Services (“Defendants”) 

(collectively the “Parties”) hereby agree and stipulate as follows: 

RECITALS 

WHEREAS on September 11, 2015, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a 

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief; 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE AND EXTEND DEADLINES TO 

COMPLY WITH RULE 26 CONFERENCE AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; ORDER 

WHEREAS on October 21, 2015, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and a related Notice of Motion setting the Motion 

to Dismiss for hearing on November 20, 2015; 

WHEREAS on December 10, 2015, this Court reset hearing on Defendants’ 

Motion to Dismiss for January 29, 2016, and also reset the date for the Status (Pretrial 

Scheduling) Conference for April 14, 2016; 

WHEREAS on March 2, 2016, the Court granted Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss 

with leave to amend and file a First Amended Complaint by March 16, 2016; 

WHEREAS on March 16, 2016, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint; 

WHEREAS Defendants intend to file a Motion to Dismiss the First Amended 

Complaint; and 

WHEREAS the Parties agree that the interests of judicial economy would be best 

served by postponing the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference presently scheduled 

for April 14, 2016 and extending pending deadlines to comply with various conference 

and disclosure requirements pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 until after the 

forthcoming Motion to Dismiss is resolved; 

It is therefore stipulated and agreed by Plaintiff and Defendants, subject to 

approval of this Court, as follows: 

STIPULATION 

1. The Parties’ deadline to meet and confer pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(f) shall be extended to seven (7) days after the Court issues its Order on 

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss; 

2. The Parties’ deadline to exchange initial disclosures pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a), and to submit a joint Discovery Plan pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f)(2), shall be extended to fourteen (14) days after the Court 

issues its Order on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss; and 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE AND EXTEND DEADLINES TO 

COMPLY WITH RULE 26 CONFERENCE AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; ORDER 

3. The Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference presently scheduled for 

April 14, 2016 shall be vacated and rescheduled to a date thereafter as determined by 

the Court. 

DATED: March 28, 2016 HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

By: /s/ Landon D. Bailey 

KATHRYN E. DOI 

LANDON D. BAILEY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ST. ANTHONY MEDICAL CENTERS 

DATED: March 28, 2016 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR 

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

By: /s/ Karli Eisenberg 

KAMALA D. HARRIS 

NIROMI W. PFEIFFER 

KARLI EISENBERG 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JENNIFER KENT; STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES 

ORDER 

In compliance with Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 16(b)(2), the court must issue a scheduling 

order “as soon as practicable” unless the judge finds good cause for delay. Here, the 

main issue regarding plaintiff’s complaint is whether its claims are time barred by the 

applicable statute of limitations. See generally Order, ECF No. 22. That the court may 

not have jurisdiction to hear the case constitutes “good cause” for purposes of Rule 

16(b)(2). Accordingly, the deadline for the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference is 

continued to August 18, 2016. All other dates will be determined at the Status 

Conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 12, 2016 

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