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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 R. R., et al., Case No. 3:22-cv-07707-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. AND PROCEEDING

PSEUDONYMOUSLY

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Plaintiff R.R. was a participant in an employee welfare benefits plan issued to Fehr & Peers (the Plan), administered by California Physicians’ Service dba Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield). Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 3; Dkt. No. 57 at 2. His son, E.R., was a covered dependent. R.R. and E.R. allege that Blue Shield violated ERISA and the Plan’s terms by declining to cover E.R.’s treatment at Innercept, a long-term residential treatment center. See 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. Plaintiffs E.R. and R.R. seek approximately $225,000 in unreimbursed medical expenses. Dkt. No. 53 at 28. The case was originally filed in the District of Utah, see Dkt. No. 1, and transferred to this District by joint stipulation of the parties, Dkt. No. 21. The parties agreed to dismiss plaintiffs’ second…