In Re Sonoma West Medical Center
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TIMOTHY W. HOFFMAN, Case No. 19-cv-07080-JSW
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. WITHDRAWAL OF REFERENCE
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO
SONOMA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL, LLC, RENEWAL et al., Re: Dkt. No. 3 11 Defendants.
12 Now before the Court for consideration is the motion for withdrawal of reference, filed by Sonoma Specialty Hospital, LLC (“SSH”), American Advanced Management Group, Inc. (“American”), and Gurpreet Singh (“Singh”). On December 6, 2019, the Court continued the matter to obtain the benefit of the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling on motions filed in that court, which Plaintiff, Timothy Hoffman (“the Trustee”), argued overlapped with the issues presented by the motion for withdrawal of reference. On January 16, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court issued a Recommendation Regarding Motion to Withdraw Reference (the “Recommendation”). (Dkt. No. 13-1.) The Court has considered the parties’ papers, including their supplemental briefs, the 22 …