Becerra
Pacific Surgical Institute of Pain Management, Inc. v. Becerra
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 PACIFIC SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF Case No. 24-cv-01725-BAS-DTF
PAIN MANAGEMENT, INC.,
ORDER GRANTING
Petitioner, RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO v. DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF
MANDATE
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.,
16 Respondent. (ECF No. 8)
18 19 Presently before the Court is Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss the Petition for Writ of Mandate filed by Pacific Surgical Institute of Pain Management, Inc. (“Pacific Surgical”). (ECF No. 8.) Pacific Surgical seeks mandamus relief concerning a dispute over reimbursement under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 79 Stat. 291, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq., commonly known as the Medicare Act. In Case No. 22-cv- 01521-BAS-WVG, this Court dismissed Petitioner’s prior petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) to pay claims an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) had determined were covered by Medicare, finding the Court…