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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 No. 1:21-cv-01303-JLT-SKO 11 JOHN MOORE, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER CONTINUING STAY 13 v. 14 COVENANT LIVING WEST, 15 Defendant. 16 No. 1:21-cv-01393-JLT-SKO 17 JOHN MOORE, 18 Plaintiff, ORDER CONTINUING STAY 19 v. 20 COVENANT LIVING WEST, 21 Defendant. 22 No. 1:21-cv-01416-JLT-SAB 23 DALLENE ROCCARO, et al., 24 Plaintiffs, ORDER CONTINUING STAY 25 v. 26 COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES &

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27 Defendant. 28 1 The above-captioned matters are state-law actions concerning nursing homes’ responses 2 to the coronavirus pandemic. They were initially filed in California state courts and were 3 subsequently removed to this U.S. District Court based on federal-question jurisdiction. The 4 notice of removal in each case asserts, among other things, that the state law causes of action are 5 preempted by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 247d-6d and 6 247d-6e (2006) (the “PREP Act”). Plaintiffs in each action have…