Basem Abdulla Attum v. Xavier Becerra
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
Case 2:22-cv-04044-ODW-JC Document Filed 03/08/ Page 1 of Page ID #:274
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 BASEM ABDULLA ATTUM, M.D., Case № 2:22-cv-04044-ODW (JCx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING
v.
MOTION TO DISMISS [18]
14 XAVIER BECERRA,
15 Defendant.
16 I. INTRODUCTION On June 13, 2022, Plaintiff Basem Abdulla Attum, M.D., filed this action 19 against the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services 20 (“HHS”), Xavier Becerra. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) Attum is a physician who seeks 21 relief following the denial of his enrollment application to participate as a supplier in 22 the Medicare Program and placement on the Medicare Program’s Preclusion List. 23 (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ECF No. 13.) Becerra now moves to dismiss the First 24 Amended Complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(1). (Mot. 25 Dismiss (“Mot.” or “Motion”), ECF No. 18.) For the following reasons, the Court 26 DENIES the Motion.1
28 1 Having carefully considered the papers…