Valley Children's Hospital v. Cigna Healthcare of California, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VALLEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, a No. 1:25-cv-00337-KES-EPG California nonprofit public benefit corporation,

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND

AND DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AS

v. MOOT CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a California for- profit corporation, CIGNA HEALTH AND Docs. 9, 14 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut general corporation, Defendants. 19 Plaintiff Valley Children’s Hospital (the “Hospital”) moves to remand this action to the Madera County Superior Court. Doc. 9 (“MTR”). Although the Hospital asserted only state law claims in its complaint, defendants Cigna Healthcare of California, Inc. and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company (collectively, “CIGNA”) removed based on federal question jurisdiction, asserting that the Hospital’s state law claims are completely preempted by section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a). Doc. 1-1, Ex. A…