Doe v. Saint Agnes Medical Center ( 2024 )

1 Michael A. Caddell (SBN 249469) mac@caddellchapman.com 2 Cynthia B. Chapman (SBN 164471) cbc@caddellchapman.com 3 Amy E. Tabor (SBN 297660) aet@caddellchapman.com 4 CADDELL & CHAPMAN 628 East 9th St. 5 Houston, TX 77007-1722 Tel.: (713) 751-0400 6 Fax: (713) 751-0906 7 Foster C. Johnson fjohnson@azalaw.com (SBN 289055) 8 AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, & MENSING, P.C. 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500 9 Houston TX 77010 Tel: (713) 655-1101 10 Fax: (713) 655-0062 11 Attorneys for Plaintiff JOHN DOE 12 [Additional Counsel Listed on Next Page] 13 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 17 JOHN DOE, individually and on Case No. 1:23-cv-00705-KES-SAB behalf of others similarly situated, 18 Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 19 REMAND TO STATE COURT v. 20 21 SAINT AGNES MEDICAL Judge: Hon. Kirk E. Sherriff CENTER, 22 Defendant. 23 24 25 26 27 1 TERESA C. CHOW (SBN 237694) tchow@bakerlaw.com 2 DYANNE J. CHOW (SBN 306190) dcho@bakerlaw.com 3 ALEXANDER VITRUK (SBN 315756) avitruk@bakerlaw.com 4 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2700 5 Los Angeles, CA 90067-0509 Telephone: 310.820.8800 6 Facsimile: 310.820.8859 7 Attorneys for Defendant SAINT AGNES MEDICAL CENTER 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 Plaintiff John Doe (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Saint Agnes Medical Center (“Defendant” 2 and together with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby 3 enter into this Stipulation (“Stipulation”), based on the following facts and subject to Court 4 approval: 5 WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Class Action Complaint (“Complaint”) on March 3, 2023 in 6 the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Fresno (the “State Court”), Case 7 No. 23CECG00816 (the “Doe State Court Action”); 8 WHEREAS, Defendant removed the Doe State Court Action to the this Court on May 5, 9 2023 (Dkt. 1); 10 WHEREAS, on June 5, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion to remand this action to the State 11 Court (Dkt. 5); 12 WHEREAS, Defendant filed an opposition to the motion to remand on June 20, 2023 (Dkt. 13 7), and Plaintiff filed a reply on July 3, 2023 (Dkt. 9); 14 WHEREAS, the Court has not yet issued an order on the motion to remand; 15 WHEREAS, on July 18, 2024, in light of the pending motion to remand, the Court entered 16 a Minute Order resetting the Initial Scheduling Conference for December 5, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. 17 (Dkt. 21); 18 WHEREAS, on July 5, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a remand order 19 in Doe v. Cedars-Sinai Health System, 106 F.4th 907 (9th Cir. 2024); 20 WHEREAS, on August 14, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a remand 21 order in Heard v. Torrance Memorial Medical Center , No. 23-35336, 2024 WL 3811398, at *1 22 (9th Cir. Aug. 14, 2024); 23 WHEREAS, on August 20, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a remand 24 order in Doe v. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian , No. 23-55500, 2024 WL 3874231, at *1 25 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2024); 26 WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that this action may be remanded to the State Court; 27 WHEREAS, this request is made in good faith and not for the purpose of delay, but for 1 judicial and party efficiency; and 2 WHEREAS, this request will not alter the date of any event or any deadline already fixed 3 by Court Order, except for the December 5, 2024 Initial Scheduling Conference. 4 NOW THEREFORE, the Parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby agree 5 and stipulate, subject to the Court’s approval, that this Court may remand this action to the State 6 Court. 7 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 8 9 Dated: October 3, 2024 CADDELL & CHAPMAN 10 By: _Michael A. Caddell__________________ 11 Michael A. Caddell 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff 13 JOHN DOE, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated. 14 15 Dated: October 3, 2024 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP 16 17 By: _Teresa C. Chow_______________________ Teresa C. Chow (as authorized on 10/2/2024) 18 Attorneys for Defendant 19 SAINT AGNES MEDICAL CENTER 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 ORDER 2 On October 3, 2024, the parties filed a stipulation to remand this action to state court. 3 Doc. 22. The court, having considered the parties’ stipulation and finding good cause, grants the 4 stipulation and hereby ORDERS that: 5 1. This action is remanded to the Fresno County Superior Court. 6 2. The Clerk of Court shall mail a copy of this order to the clerk of the Fresno County 7 Superior Court. 8 3. The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. 9 10 11 | TPIS ORDERED. _ ( 12 Dated: _ October 3, 2024 4h 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 1:23-cv-00705-KES-SAB -5-