Dedicato Treatment Center, Inc v. Independence Blue Cross

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

DEC 27 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEDICATO TREATMENT CENTER, No. 21-55194 INC., a California corporation, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-03657-SB-SK Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS BLUE

SHIELD OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.,

DBA Personal Choice, a Pennsylvania Corporation,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 9, 2021** Pasadena, California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Before: W. FLETCHER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and LIBURDI,*** District Judge.

Dedicato Treatment Center (“Dedicato”) appeals the district court’s grant of

summary judgment to Independence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania

(“Independence”) in this…