Van Bebber v. Dignity Health

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT VAN BEBBER, on behalf of No. 1:19-cv-00264-DAD-EPG himself and all others similarly situated and the general public, Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY

v. JUDGMENT DIGNITY HEALTH d/b/a MERCY (Doc. No. 43) MEDICAL CENTER – MERCED, and DOES 1 to 100, Defendants. 18 This matter is before the court on the motion for partial summary judgment filed on behalf of defendant Dignity Health d/b/a Mercy Medical Center – Merced (“Dignity Health” or “MMC”). (Doc. No. 43.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, defendant’s motion was taken under submission

The undersigned apologizes for the excessive delay in the issuance of this order. This court’s overwhelming caseload has been well publicized and the long-standing lack of adequate judicial resources in this district long-ago reached crisis proportion. While that situation was…