Hinds
Hinds v. Community Medical Centers, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID HINDS, on behalf of No. 2:22-cv-01207-JAM-AC themselves and others 12 similarly situated, 13 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
SUBSITUTION AND GRANTING MOTION
14 v. FOR REMAND 15 COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTERS,
INC.,
16 Defendant. 17
18 On November 11, 2021, David Hinds (“Plaintiff” or 19 “Mr. Hinds”) filed suit against Community Medical Centers, Inc. 20 (“CMC”) in San Joaquin Superior Court based on various state laws 21 alleging CMC failed to protect his Protected Health Information 22 (“PHI”) and Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). 23 Thereafter four more cases alleging the same violations were 24 filed against CMC and the San Joaquin Superior Court consolidated 25 them into this class action. CMC then removed and filed its 26 motion to substitute the United States as this suit’s defendant. 27 See Notice of Removal (“NOR”); ECF No. 1; see also Mot. to 28 1 Substitute (“Mot.”), ECF No. 9. The United States and Plaintiff 2 filed their respective oppositions and CMC…