North East Medical Services, Inc. v. CA Dept. of Health Care Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 NORTHEAST MEDICAL SERVICES, No. 2:19-cv-01489
INC.,
11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND STAYING PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY;
JENNIFER KENT, DIRECTOR OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,
17 Defendants. 18 In August 2019, North East Medical Services, Inc. filed its complaint against the California Department of Health Care Services, the Department director in her official capacity, and the State of California (collectively “Defendants”). Compl., ECF No. 1. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss each of Plaintiff’s four causes of action. Mot. to Dismiss, ECF No. 15; see also Memorandum in support of Mot. to Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF No. 16. Defendants argue the failure to exhaust administrative remedies makes dismissing the case…