United States of America et al v. Healthsouth Corporation et al

Filing 221

ORDER Granting 219 Joint Stipulation for Extension of Time re Discovery re 213 Order (First Request). Signed by Special Master David M. Tenner on 8/9/2019. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MR)

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Case 2:13-cv-01319-APG-VCF Document 219 Filed 08/08/19 Page 1 of 5 Philip Goodhart (Bar No. 5332) JAMES J. PISANELLI, ESQ. PNG@thorndal.com 1 Nevada Bar No. 4027 2 THORNDAL, ARMSTRONG, DELK PISANELLI BICE, PLLC 3 BALKENBUSH & EISINGER 400 S. 7th Street, Suite 300 1 1 00 E. Bridger Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89101 5 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Telephone: (702)214-2100 Telephone: 702.366.0622 4 Facsimile: (702)214-2101 Facsimile: 702.366.0327 Email: jjp@pisanellibice.com ^ Merril Hirsh (admitted pro hac vice) R. JEFFREY LAYNE, ESQ. (admitted pro 7 merril@merrilhirsh.com hac vice) LAW OFFICE OF MERRIL HIRSH PLLC REED SMITH LLP 1 1 1 Congress Avenue, Suite 400 8 2837 Northampton St., NW 9 Austin, TX 78701 Washington, D.C. 20015 Telephone: 202.448.9020 12 4 1 -I -9 J .£ hh -a f i si GO J- i 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: (310)734-5200 Facsimile: (310) 734-5299 Email: jsanders@reedsmith.com Ian M. Doig (pro hac vice) 15 idoig@morganverkam .com MORGAN VERKAMP LLC 35 East Seventh Street, Suite 600 1 J REED SMITH LLP 1 3 sonya.rao@morganverkamp.com B a » JAMES L. SANDERS, ESQ. (admitted pro hac vice) Sonya A. Rao (pro hac vice) @ I W I U-l rmorgan@morganverkamp.com 1 2 j verkamp@morganverkamp .com 14 (512)623-1802 Email: jlayne@reedsmith.com Frederick J. Morgan (pro hac vice) Jennifer M. Verkamp (pro hac vice) § (512)623-1801 Facsimile: 10 Telephone: Cincinnati, OH 45202 Attorneysfor Defendants HealthSouth Corp. Telephone: 513.651.4400 16 And HealthSouth ofHenderson, Inc. 17 Facsimile: 513.651.4405 18 Attorneysfor Plaintiff-Relator Joshua Luke 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 20 21 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., Case No.: 2:13-cv-01319-APG-VCF Joshua Luke, 22 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES SET Plaintiff, 23 FORTH IN SPECIAL MASTER'S ORDER v. RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL 24 HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION, 25 AND JOINT PROPOSED REVISED HEALTHSOUTH OF HENDERSON, INC. and SCHEDULING ORDER (DOC. 213) KENNETH BOWMAN, 26 [DISCOVERY ISSUES ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL MASTER DAVID M. TENNER] Defendants. 27 28 - 1 - JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES SET FORTH IN SPECIAL MASTER'S ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND JOINT PROPOSED REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER (DOC. 213) Case 2:13-cv-01319-APG-VCF 1 Document 219 Filed 08/08/19 Page 2 of 5 Plaintiff-Relator Joshua Luke ("Plaintiff'), as relator in this action, Defendants HealthSouth 2 Corporation ("HealthSouth") and HealthSouth of Henderson, Inc. ("HealthSouth Henderson") 3 (collectively, "HealthSouth Defendants"), and Defendant Kenneth Bowman ("Bowman") by and 4 through their undersigned counsel, state as follows: 5 1. Whereas, the Court appointed a Special Master to oversee the discovery process on 6 April 17, 2019 (Dkt. # 185); 7 2. Whereas, the Court appointed David M. Tenner as Special Master pursuant to the 8 Parties' Joint Stipulation Concerning the Appointment of a Special Master (Diet. #198); 9 3. Whereas, the Special Master's Order re: Plaintiffs Motion to Compel and Joint 10 Proposed Revised Scheduling Order ("Special Master's Order") (Diet. #213) was issued in writing on I I July 19, 2019, and stated that the rulings therein "were made effective as of the date of the hearing, | 0-4 11 12 July 10,2019"; 4) >-) s J .s SI SI Q § w I m f I 13 Whereas, the Special Master's Order set forth various deadlines related to discovery, 14 including: (i) all responsive documents shall be produced by August 20, 2019; (ii) Plaintiff shall be 15 entitled to take the Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of Defendant HealthSouth on or before September 10, 16 2019; and (iii) the Parties shall file a Stipulated Revised Scheduling Order or Status Report on or 17 before September 10,2019; I 1 4. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 5. Whereas, the HealthSouth Defendants filed their objections to the Special Master's Order on July 26, 2019 (Diet. 216); 6. Whereas, the HealthSouth Defendants have communicated to Plaintiff that they are in the process of finalizing a production of documents that they plan to produce by August 14, 2019; 7. Whereas, the Parties are scheduled to hold a joint meeting with the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") on August 13, 2019 to discuss this action; 8. Whereas, in light of the upcoming meeting with the DOJ, the Parties wish to extend the discovery deadlines set forth in the Special Master's Order. Accordingly, the Parties to this stipulation hereby stipulate and agree to the entry of an order 27 by the Special Master extending all deadlines set forth in the Special Master's Order by fourteen days, 28 -2MASTER'S ORDER RE: JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES SET FORTH IN SPECIAL 213) PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND JOINT PROPOSED REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER (DOC. Case 2:13-cv-01319-APG-VCF 1 Document 219 Filed 08/08/19 Page 3 of 5 with the exception that the production HealthSouth Defendants are currently in the process of 2 finalizing will continue to be produced by August 14, 2019, unless Parties later stipulate otherwise. 3 The new deadlines related to discovery shall be as follows: (i) all responsive documents shall 4 by produced by September 3, 2019; (ii) Plaintiff shall be entitled to take the Rule 30(b)(6) deposition 5 of Defendant HealthSouth on or before September 24, 2019; and (iii) the Parties shall file a Stipulated 6 Revised Scheduling Order or Status Report on or before September 24, 2019. 7 8 This stipulation is made in good faith, not interposed for delay, and not filed for an improper purpose. 9 10 § I 11 DATED this 8th day of August, 2019. DATED this 8th day of August, 2019. PISANELLI BICE, PLLC THORNDAL, ARMSTRONG, DELK, BALKENBUSH & EISINGER Q | 12 a -i J .a § « w J- SI m I S 9- I 13 14 /s/ James Pisanelli JAMES J. PISANELLI, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 4027 400 S. 7th Street, Suite 300 /s/ Philip Goodhart PHILIP GOODHART, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 5332 1 100 E. Bridger Avenue Las Vegas, NY 89101 Las Vegas, NV 89101 15 1 i 16 DATED this 8th day of August, 2019. DATED this 8th day of August, 2019. REED SMITH LLP < LAW OFFICE OF MERRIL HIRSH 17 18 Is/ James L. Sanders /s/ Merril Hirsh 19 JAMES L. SANDERS, ESQ. MERRIL HIRSH, ESQ. 20 (admitted pro hac vice) 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90067 (adm itted pro hac vice) 2837 Northampton St., NW Washington, D.C. 20015 21 Attorneys for Defendants HealthSouth Corp. 22 and HealthSouth ofHenderson, Inc. 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES SET FORTH IN SPECIAL MASTER'S ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND JOINT PROPOSED REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER (DOC. 213) Case 2:13-cv-01319-APG-VCF Document 219 1 Filed 08/08/19 Page 4 of 5 DATED this 8th day of August, 2019. DATED this 8th day of August, 2019. BRADLEY ARANT BOLT CUMMINGS MORGAN VERKAMP LLC 2 3 LLP 4 /s/ Kimberlv B. Martin /s/ Frederick M. Morgan FREDERICK M. MORGAN (admitted pro hac vice) SONYA A. RAO (admitted pro hac vice) 35 East Seventh St., Suite 600 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Jack W. Selden (admitted pro hac vice) 6 7 1 8 1 9 F ifth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 Kimberly B. Martin (admitted pro hac vice) Attorneys for Relator Joshua Luke 200 Clinton Avenue West, Suite 900 8 Huntsville, AL 35801 9 10 i •s SEMENZA KIRCHER RICKARD 11 /s/ Christopher D. Kircher 12 Christopher D. Kircher 13 Las Vegas, NV 89145 a o i a i •J .5 >-iH -a 11 M 1 10161 Park Run Dr., Ste. 150 14 Attorneysfor Defendant Kenneth Bowman 81 St Jr 15 1 1 i 16 IT IS SO ORDERED: < 17 18 19 SPECIAL MASTER DAVID M. TENNER 20 DATED: 21 iklh CASE NO.: 2:13-cv-01319-APG-VCF 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -4JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES SET FORTH IN SPECIAL MASTER'S ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND JOINT PROPOSED REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER (DOC. 213)

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