Pacific Recovery Solutions v. Cigna Behavioral Health, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 9 PACIFIC RECOVERY SOLUTIONS, et al., Case No. 5:20-cv-02251-EJD Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO v. CONSOLIDATE 12 CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC., et Re: Dkt. No. 63 al., Defendants.

This case is one of three related cases pending before the Court in which a Cigna entity is alleged to have reneged on its agreement to reimburse mental health provider claims at the usual, customary, and reasonable (“UCR”) rates. Cigna Behavioral Health, Inc. (“Cigna”) moves to consolidate this case, hereinafter referred to as “Pacific Recovery,” with Summit Estate, Inc. v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co., No. 20cv4697 EJD (“Summit”), pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a). Dkt. No. 63. Plaintiffs in the Pacific Recovery case, Pacific Recovery Solutions, Miriam Hamideh, Bridging the Gaps, Inc., and Summit Estate Inc. (“Plaintiffs”) filed an opposition.…