Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District v. Imperial Valley Healthcare District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PIONEERS MEMORIAL Case No.: 24-CV-861 JLS (LR) HEALTHCARE DISTRICT, a California 12 municipal corporation, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PETITIONER’S Petitioner,
REQUEST FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES
14 v.
IMPERIAL VALLEY HEALTHCARE
(ECF No. 41) DISTRICT, a California municipal
corporation, et al. 17 Respondents.
19 ROB BONTA, in his official capacity as California Attorney General, Intervenor-Respondent. 22 On August 19, 2024, the Court issued an Order remanding this case to California Superior Court, Imperial County. ECF No. 39 (“Order”) at 24. The Court additionally held that Respondents Imperial Valley Healthcare District, and Enola Berker, Katherine Burnworth, James Garcia, Laura Goodsell, Donald W. Medart Jr., Arturo Proctor, and Rodolfo Valdez in their respective official capacities as IVHD board members (collectively, “IVHD”), lacked an objectively reasonable basis for removal. Order at…