Kaweah Delta Health Care District v. Becerra ( 2021 )

BRIAN M. BOYNTON 11 Acting Assistant Attorney General PHILLIP A. TALBERT 22 Acting United States Attorney MICHELLE R. BENNETT 33 Assistant Director PETER M. BRYCE 44 Senior Trial Counsel United States Department of Justice 55 Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 1100 L Street, N.W., Rm 11220 66 Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: (202) 616-8335; Facsimile: (202) 616-8202 77 peter.bryce@usdoj.gov 88 Attorneys for Federal Defendants 99 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1100 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 1111 1122 KAWEAH DELTA HEALTH CARE Case No. 1:21-cv-1422-AWI-SKO DISTRICT, 1133 Plaintiff, 1144 ORDER ON STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO v. STAY CASE 1155 (Docs. 11, 15) XAVIER BECERRA, Secretary of Health and 1166 Human Services, 1177 Defendant , 1188 1199 2200 This Stipulation and Request is entered into by and between the parties, Plaintiff Kaweah 2211 Delta Health Care District (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services 2222 Xavier Becerra (“Defendant”), through their respective undersigned counsel. 2233 1. This case presents claims that were raised in Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation, 2244 which is now before the United States Supreme Court. 958 F.3d 873 (9th Cir. 2020), cert. granted, 2255 2021 WL 2742788 (U.S. July 2, 2021) (No. 20-1312) (“Empire Health”). Argument in that case was 2266 heard on November 29, 2021. 2277 2. Because the Supreme Court’s decision in Empire Health is likely to substantially 11 case—including the initial scheduling conference and joint scheduling report (ECF No. 12)— 22 pending a final decision in Empire Health. 33 3. Defendant also requests that his pending Consent Motion for Extension of Time to 44 Respond to the Complaint be granted for the reasons set forth therein. 55 66 Dated: December 9, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 77 88 BRIAN M. BOYNTON Acting Assistant Attorney General 99 MICHELLE R. BENNETT 1100 Assistant Branch Director 1111 /s/ Peter M. Bryce PETER M. BRYCE 1122 Senior Trial Counsel United States Department of Justice 1133 Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 1100 L Street, NW 1144 Washington, DC 20005 Tel.: (202) 616-8335 1155 Fax: (202) 616-8202 peter.bryce@usdoj.gov 1166 1177 /s/ Ronald S. Connelly Ronald S. Connelly 1188 Admitted pro hac vice 1199 D.C. Bar No. 488298 POWERS PYLES SUTTER & VERVILLE, 2200 PC 1501 M Street, N.W., 7th Floor 2211 Washington, DC 20005 Tel. (202) 872-6762 2222 Fax (202) 785-1756 2233 Ron.Connelly@PowersLaw.com Counsel for Kaweah Delta Health Care 2244 District, Plaintiff 2255 2266 2277 11 ORDER 22 Pursuant to the parties’ above stipulation (Doc. 15), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 33 1. Defendant’s Consent Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to the Complaint (Doc. 11) 44 is GRANTED; and 55 2. Further proceedings in this case, including any obligation to respond to the Complaint, 66 shall be STAYED pending a final decision by the Supreme Court in the Empire Health 77 case. The parties SHALL file a status report within 14 days of any such final decision by 88 the Supreme Court. 99 IT IS SO ORDERED. 1100 Dated: December 13, 2021 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto . 1111 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 1122 1133 1144 1155 1166 1177 1188 1199 2200 2211 2222 2233 2244 2255 2266 2277