Schmuckley et al v. Rite Aid Corporation

Filing 373

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 10/28/2020 GRANTING 372 Motion to Amend Deadlines as follows: Rite Aid shall produce the prescription records, in the format providing the best available clarity, for each of the sample claims identified on California's list by 11/30/2020; California shall provide supplemental responses to Rite Aid's Interrogatories 3-5, 7-9, and 13 by 1/15/2021. (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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XAVIER BECERRA
Attorney General of California
VINCENT DICARLO
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
BERNICE L. LOUIE YEW, State Bar No. 114601
Deputy Attorney General
E-mail: [e-mail]
EMMANUEL R. SALAZAR, State Bar No. 240794
Deputy Attorney General
E-mail: [e-mail]
2329 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95833-4252
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for State of California
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., ex
rel. LOYD F. SCHMUCKLEY, JR.,

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Plaintiffs,
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RITE AID CORPORATION,

2:12-CV-1699 KJM EFB
JOINT MOTION TO AMEND
DEADLINES RE: RITE AID
CORPORATION’S PRODUCTION OF
PHARMACY RECORD SCREENSHOTS
AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA’S
SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSES TO
CONTENTION INTERROGATORIES

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Defendant.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. LOYD F.
SCHMUCKLEY, JR.,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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RITE AID CORPORATION,
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Defendant.
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ECF No. 365

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JOINT MOTION TO AMEND DEADLINES RE: RITE AID CORPORATION’S
PRODUCTION OF PHARMACY RECORD SCREENSHOTS AND STATE OF
CALIFORNIA’S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSES TO CONTENTION
INTERROGATORIES

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Plaintiff-Intervenor State of California (“California”) and Defendant Rite Aid Corporation

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(“Rite Aid”) hereby jointly move the Court to extend by approximately two weeks the deadlines

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regarding Rite Aid’s production of pharmacy record screenshots and California’s supplemental

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responses to contention interrogatories. See ECF No. 365 at 2.

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On October 16, 2020, the Court ordered California by October 19, 2020 to provide Rite Aid
a list specifically identifying each of the prescription records for the approximately 65 percent of

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sample claims that are illegible or difficult to read. The estimate was based on California’s

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calculation in connection with Rite Aid’s motion for supplemental responses to contention

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interrogatories (ECF No. 328) and California’s motion for sanctions (ECF No. 333). While

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California was finalizing the list, it found it made a calculation error which increased the number

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of affected sample claims to 85 percent. California informed Rite Aid about the error and the

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resulting increase when it provided the list of affected sample claims on October 19, 2020.

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Due to the increase, Rite Aid believes it will need two additional weeks to produce the

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requested prescription records. In turn, California believes it will need two additional weeks to

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provide supplemental responses to Rite Aid’s Interrogatories 3-5, 7-9, and 13.

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Therefore, California and Rite Aid jointly move to amend the court order, ECF No. 365, as
follows:
Event
Rite Aid shall produce the
prescription records, in the
format providing the best
available clarity, for each of
the sample claims identified
on California’s list
California shall provide
supplemental responses to
Rite Aid’s Interrogatories 3-5,
7-9, and 13

Original Deadline
November 16, 2020

Amended Deadline
November 30, 2020

December 31, 2020

January 15, 2021

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JT. MOT. TO AMEND DEADLINES (ECF NO. 365) (2:12-CV-1699 KJM EFB)

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Respectfully submitted,
Dated: 10/26/2020

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XAVIER BECERRA
Attorney General of California
/s/ Emmanuel R. Salazar
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EMMANUEL R. SALAZAR
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Plaintiff State of California

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Dated: 10/26/2020

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP
/s/ Kevin M. Papay (as authorized on 10/26/2020)
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BENJAMIN P. SMITH
[e-mail]
KEVIN M. PAPAY, Bar No. 274161
[e-mail]
One Market, Spear Street Tower
San Francisco, CA 94105-1596
Attorneys for Rite Aid Corporation

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JT. MOT. TO AMEND DEADLINES (ECF NO. 365) (2:12-CV-1699 KJM EFB)

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Motion to Amend Deadlines re: Rite Aid Corporation’s

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Production of Pharmacy Record Screenshots and the State of California’s Supplemental

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Responses to Contention Interrogatories, finding good cause, IT IS ORDERED that ECF No. 365

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is amended as follows:

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Event
Rite Aid shall produce the
prescription records, in the
format providing the best
available clarity, for each of
the sample claims identified
on California’s list
California shall provide
supplemental responses to
Rite Aid’s Interrogatories 3-5,
7-9, and 13

Original Deadline
November 16, 2020

Revised Deadline
November 30, 2020

December 31, 2020

January 15, 2021

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Date: October 28, 2020.

______________________________
United States Magistrate Judge

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JT. MOT. TO AMEND DEADLINES (ECF NO. 365) (2:12-CV-1699 KJM EFB)

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PROOF OF SERVICE OF DOCUMENT
I am over the age of 18 and not a party to this action. My business address is: 2329 Gateway
Oaks Drive, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95833.

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A true and correct copy of the foregoing document entitled:
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JOINT MOTION TO AMEND DEADLINES RE: RITE AID CORPORATION’S
PRODUCTION OF PHARMACY RECORD SCREENSHOTS AND STATE OF
CALIFORNIA’S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSES TO CONTENTION
INTERROGATORIES

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was served in the manner stated below:

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SERVED BY CM/ECF SERVICE: Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(E) and Local Rule 135,
on 10/28/2020, I served the following persons and/or entities by the Court’s CM/ECF service:

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Eric W. Sitarchuk
Kelly A. Moore
Benjamin P. Smith
Kevin Papay
Ryan McCarthy
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
One Market, Spear Street Tower
San Francisco, CA 94105-1596
Catherine J. Swann
United States Attorney’s Office
501 I Street, Suite 10-100
Sacramento, CA 95814

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Michael L. Armitage
Wm. Paul Lawrence
Charles S. Segal
c/o Waters & Kraus
3141 Hood Street, Suite 700
Dallas, TX 75219
Jennifer L. Bartlett
Brian P. Barrow
Bartlett Barrow LLP
225 S. Lake Avenue, Suite 300
Pasadena, CA 91101
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true
and correct.

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10/28/2020
Date

Sharon Brecht

/s/ Sharon Brecht

Printed Name

Signature

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(2:12-CV-1699 KJM EFB)