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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 No. 1:21-cv-01303-JLT-SKO JOHN MOORE, Plaintiff, ORDER CONTINUING STAY v. COVENANT LIVING WEST, Defendant. 16 No. 1:21-cv-01393-JLT-SKO JOHN MOORE, Plaintiff, ORDER CONTINUING STAY v. COVENANT LIVING WEST, Defendant. 22 No. 1:21-cv-01416-JLT-SAB DALLENE ROCCARO, et al., Plaintiffs, ORDER CONTINUING STAY v. COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES &

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27 Defendant. 28 The above-captioned matters are state-law actions concerning nursing homes’ responses to the coronavirus pandemic. They were initially filed in California state courts and were subsequently removed to this U.S. District Court based on federal-question jurisdiction. The notice of removal in each case asserts, among other things, that the state law causes of action are preempted by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 247d-6d and 247d-6e (2006) (the “PREP Act”). Plaintiffs in each action have…