Mazik

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFFREY MAZIK, No. 19-cv-00559-DAD-KJN Plaintiff-Relator, v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

KAISER PERMANENTE, INC., et al. MOTION TO DISMISS RELATOR’S FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT

Defendants. (Doc. No. 78)

17 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss relator’s first amended complaint filed on July 13, 2022, by defendants Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (“KFHP”), Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (“KF Hospitals”), The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Southern California Permanente Medical Group, and Colorado Permanente Medical Group, P.C. (the latter three defendants will be referred to herein collectively as “the PMG defendants”). (Doc. No. 78.) On October 4, 2022, the pending motion was taken under submission by the previously

In his first amended complaint, relator named as a defendant “The Permanente Medical Groups,” which defendants argue is not an existing entity. (See Doc.…