Beach

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 BARBARA BEACH, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08612-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING STAY

UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,

13 Defendant.

15 Wit v. United Behavioral Health, 2022 WL 850647 (9th Cir. Mar. 22, 2022), Tomlinson v. United Behavioral Health, No. 3:19-cv-6999-RS, and this action all involve challenges to the clinical guidelines that United Behavioral Health used to determine medical necessity under its benefit plans. In Wit, the Ninth Circuit has issued a decision that, if it stands, may foreclose all of plaintiffs’ claims in Tomlinson and at least a substantial portion of plaintiffs’ claims here. Briefing on the Wit plaintiffs’ petition for rehearing en banc is underway at the Ninth Circuit. By a stipulated order, a previously imposed stay of proceedings in Tomlinson has been extended through the time a mandate issues in Wit. Plaintiffs in all three actions are represented by the same counsel. Plaintiffs are unwilling to stipulate to…