UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA

HAMMOND DIVISION

CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE )

COMPANY, CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE )

INSURANCE COMPANY )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. ) Case No. 2:15-cv-00253-JD-PRC

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NORTHWEST REGIONAL SURGERY CENTER, LLC,)

et al, )

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Defendants. )

JOINT MOTION FOR SCHEDULING ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

The parties file this Motion to establish a briefing schedule and page limits on a motion to

dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint. In support, the Parties state as follows:

1. On July 6, 2015, the Plaintiffs filed a fifty-two page Complaint with numerous

exhibits against thirteen Defendants. The Complaint asserted eight different state and federal

claims, including civil RICO, against the Defendants.

2. On August 4, 2015, the Court granted the parties’ Joint Motion For a Briefing

Schedule. (ECF No. 29). On September 11, 2015, the Court granted the parties’ Joint Motion to

File Enlarged Briefs, giving the parties 35 pages each for their initial brief and response and 20

pages for Defendants’ reply (ECF No. 34).

3. On September 14, 2015, Defendants timely filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’

complaint. (ECF No. 35).

4. Instead of responding to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Plaintiffs filed a First

Amended Complaint on October 5, 2015. (ECF No. 37). The Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint

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is 46 pages long, and contains nine counts against thirteen defendants, including new claims not

previously asserted in Plaintiffs’ original Complaint.

5. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3) and 6(d) require Defendants to answer or otherwise

respond to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint within just 17 days, or by October 22, 2015.

Defendants intend to file a Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint. 6. The parties have conferred and agreed to the following briefing schedule and page

limits with respect to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint, which is

consistent with the limits and deadlines previously entered by the Court with respect to

Defendants’ prior Motion to Dismiss:  November 20, 2015: Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, with supporting brief not to

exceed 35 pages.  January 4, 2016: Plaintiffs’ Response, not to exceed 35 pages.  February 1, 2016: Defendants’ Reply, not to exceed 20 pages.

7. The parties agree that permitting the above page limits and deadlines will reduce

the need for filing repeated motions with this Court and are necessary given the number and

complexity of allegations, claims, and exhibits in the First Amended Complaint.

THEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that the Court enter an order providing

briefing deadlines and page limits on a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint as

set forth above, and for all other appropriate relief.

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Respectfully submitted,

s/_Daniel K. Ryan___________________

Daniel K. Ryan

dryan@hinshawlaw.com

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

222 North LaSalle Street

Suite 300

Chicago, IL 60601-1081

Telephone: 312-704-3000

Facsimile: 312-704-3001

Joshua B. Simon

jsimon@kirkland.com

Warren Haskel

whaskel@kirkland.com

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10016

Telephone: 212-446-4800

Facsimile: 212-446-4900

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

s/_Kelly J. Hartzler_

Brian E. Casey

brian.casey@btlaw.com

Kelly J. Hartzler

kelly.hartzler@btlaw.com

Alice J. Springer

alice.springer@btlaw.com

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

700 1st Source Bank Center

100 North Michigan Street

South Bend, Indiana 46601-1632

Telephone: (574) 233-1171

Facsimile: (574) 237-1125

Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on October 16, 2015, I electronically filed the foregoing with the

Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which sent notification of such filing to the

following:

Daniel K. Ryan

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

222 North LaSalle Street, Suite 300

Chicago, IL 60601-1081

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Joshua B. Simon (PHV)

Warren Haskel (PHV)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10016

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

By /s/ Kelly J. Hartzler

SBDS01 KHARTZLER 417781v1

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