KOZMA v. AETNA HEALTH INC. PA CORP. et al

Filing 13

ORDER setting deadline for plaintiffs to provide the Court with legal citations supporting their assertion that "under the law of the Third Circuit," deadlines for class certification discovery should not be included in the Case Management Order by 5/26/09 etc. Signed by Judge Faith S. Hochberg on 5/20/09. (cs, )

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ___________________________________________ IN RE: AETNA UCR LITIGATION : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : MDL No. 2020 ORDER Date: May 20, 2009

MICHELE COOPER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA HEALTH INC. PA, et al., Defendants.

Civil Action No. 07-3541 (FSH)

JOHN SENEY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA HEALTH INC. PA, CORP., et al., Defendants.

Civil Action No. 09-468 (FSH)

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA HEALTH INC. PA, CORP., et al., Defendants.

Civil Action No. 09-579 (FSH)

___________________________________________: KATHY TISKO, P.T., et al., : : Plaintiffs, : v. : Civil Action No. 09-1577 (FSH) : AETNA HEALTH INC. PA, CORP., et al., : : Defendants. : : ABRAHAM I. KOZMA, P.A., : : Plaintiffs, : v. : Civil Action No. 09-1972 (FSH) : AETNA HEALTH INC. PA, CORP., et al., : : Defendants. : : : JEFFREY M. WEINTRAUB, : : Plaintiffs, : v. : : Civil Action No. 09-2027 (FSH) INGENIX, INC., UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, INC.,: and AETNA, INC., et al., : : Defendants. : :: HOCHBERG, District Judge: This matter comes before the Court upon the parties' proposed Case Management Order No. 1 ("Case Management Order") [Cooper Docket No. 197-2]; and it stating on page 14 of the Case Management Order that "[t]he Plaintiffs' Position is that where discovery is on-going and must be completed for trial, under the law of the Third Circuit, having a deadline for class certification discovery . . . creates more issues than it resolves and should not be in this Order;" IT IS on this 20th day of May 2009,

ORDERED that by May 26, 2009 Plaintiffs shall provide the Court with legal citations supporting their assertion that "under the law of the Third Circuit," deadlines for class certification discovery should not be included in the Case Management Order; and it is further ORDERED that, hereafter, all legal propositions made in applications to the Court must be supported by citations to relevant legal authorities. /s/ Faith S. Hochberg Hon. Faith S. Hochberg, U.S.D.J.