Aton Center, Inc. v. Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ATON CENTER, INC., a Case No.: 3:20-cv-00497-WQH-BGS California corporation, ORDER Plaintiff, 13 v.
REGENCE BLUE CROSS BLUE
SHIELD OF OREGON, a corporation; and DOES 1 through 16 10, inclusive, 17 Defendants. 18 HAYES, Judge: 19 The matters pending before the Court are the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant 20 Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon (ECF No. 7) and the Joint Motion to Consolidate 21 Cases filed by Plaintiff Aton Center, Inc. and Defendant Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield 22 of Oregon (ECF No. 8).
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
24 On December 27, 2019, Plaintiff Aton Center, Inc. commenced this action by filing 25 a Complaint in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Diego, assigned case 26 number 37-2019-00068850-CU-BC-NC, against Defendant Regence Blue Cross Blue 27 Shield of Oregon. See ECF No. 1-4 at 2. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant “breached [its] 28 agreements with Plaintiff and/or committed other wrongful acts and omissions by refusing 2 …