La Frontera Center, Inc. v. United Behavioral Health, Inc. et al

Filing 149

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS' TIME TO ANSWER FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT by District Judge Kea W. Riggs. Defendants' 147 Unopposed Motion to Answer the First Amended Complaint is GRANTED. Defendants' time to answer the First Amended Complaint SHALL BE EXTENDED to April 10, 2023. (ve)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and THE STATE OF
NEW MEXICO , ex rel LA FRONTERA CENTER, INC.,
an Arizona nonprofit corporation, RELATOR,
Plaintiffs,
No. 1:15-cv-01164-KWR-JHR

v.
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC., a foreign
corporation; UNITED HEALTHCARE INSURANCE,
INC., a foreign corporation; OPTUMHEALTH NEW
MEXICO operating as a d/b/a of UNITED BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, INC., UNITED HEALTHCARE INS.CO.;
BLACK and WHITE Corporations and JOHN and JANE
DOES I-X,
Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND
DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO ANSWER FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
THIS MATTER having come before the Court on Defendants’ Unopposed Motion to
Answer the First Amended Complaint (Doc. 147), the Court having reviewed the motion, noting
that it is unopposed, and being otherwise fully advised, finds that GOOD CAUSE EXISTS for
the motion, and it should be GRANTED.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendants’ time
to answer the First Amended Complaint SHALL BE EXTENDED to April 10, 2023.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

___________________________________
KEA W. RIGGS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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SUBMITTED BY:
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
By:

/s/ Stephanie Yonekura
Stephanie Yonekura
Peter H. Walsh
Michelle Roberts Gonzales
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Ste. 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90067
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants

APPROVED BY:
DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC
By:

/s/ Andrew L. Sparks
Andrew L. Sparks
Gregory W. Moore
Christopher J. Ryan
Attorneys for Relator
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on February 21, 2023, I filed the foregoing electronically through the
CM/ECF system, which caused the parties or counsel to be served by electronic means, as more
fully reflected on the Notice of Electronic Filing:
Andrew L. Sparks
Gregory W. Moore
Christopher J. Ryan
DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC
Attorneys for Plaintiff
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Deborah E. Mann
Jesse D. Hale
SUTIN, THAYER & BROWNE
Attorneys for Relator La Frontera Center, Inc.
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Ruth F. Keegan
Assistant U.S. Attorney
FRED J. FEDERICI U.S. ATTORNEY
P.O. Box 607
Albuquerque, NM 87103
[e-mail]
Zachary Shandler
Assistant Attorney General
HECTOR H. BALDERAS NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL
New Mexico Office of the Attorney General
Medicaid Fraud Control Division
201 Third Street NW, Suite 300
Albuquerque, NM 87102
[e-mail]
/s/ Michelle Roberts Gonzales
Michelle Roberts Gonzales
Attorneys for Defendants

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