Community Foundation Medical Group v. Community Health Partners, Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Case No. 1:23-cv-01452-JLT-HBK (PC)

MEDICAL GROUP,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION Plaintiff, TO REMAND1

v. (Doc. No. 15)

COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS, et al., Defendants. 17 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand. (Doc. No. 15, “Motion”). Defendants Community Health Partners (“CHP”) and Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center d/b/a Community Health Systems (“CHS”) (collectively “Defendants”) filed an Opposition (Doc. No. 18), and Plaintiff filed a Reply (Doc. No. 20). For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies the Motion. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Community Foundation Medical Group (“Plaintiff” or “CFMG”) initiated this 25 1 A motion to remand is a dispositive motion. See Flam v. Flam, 788 F.3d 1043, 1047 (9th Cir. 2015). Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1), all parties named in a civil action must consent to a magistrate judge’s…