Symphony Medical, P.C. v. Carelon Behavioral Health, Inc.

Filing 19

ORDER granting 18 Letter Motion to Stay. Granted. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Kenneth M. Karas on 11/22/24) (yv)

Case 7:24-cv-05100-KMK

Document 18

Filed 11/21/24

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November 21, 2024
Via ECF
Hon. Kenneth M. Karas
The Hon. Charles L. Brieant Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse
300 Quarropas St.
White Plains, NY 10601-4150
Re:

Symphony Medical, P.C. v. Carelon Behavioral Health, Inc., No. 7:24-cv-05100
(KMK) (S.D.N.Y.)

Dear Judge Karas:
We represent plaintiff Symphony Medical, P.C. (“Plaintiff”) in the above-captioned action.
We write with the consent of defendant Carelon Behavioral Health, Inc. (“Defendant”) to jointly
request that the Court approve a stay of this litigation to allow the parties to continue settlement
discussions.
Since the commencement of this litigation, the parties have worked cooperatively to
identify the claims at issue and the reasons for denial of said claims. The claims analysis process
is intensive and time-consuming, requiring the reconciling of over 10,000 individual claims. The
parties have continued to engage in good faith efforts to resolve the dispute, but additional time is
required to complete those efforts, including because the parties are also discussing the issues with
a non-party to this litigation.
Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court approve a stay of this litigation
for three months, i.e., through February 21, 2025, to allow the parties to continue their discussions.
Consistent with the requested stay, the parties propose that Defendant’s time to respond to the
Complaint be extended until seven days after the expiration of the stay.1 The parties submit that
the requested stay would conserve the resources of the parties and the Court and serve the interests
of justice.
We thank the Court for its attention to this request.
Granted.

Respectfully submitted,

SO ORDERED.

11/22/2024
cc:

YANKWITT LLP
By: _____________________
Russell M. Yankwitt
Jonathan Ohring

Valerie Sirota, Esq. (via ECF)

1
With the consent of Plaintiff, Defendant previously requested extensions of time to respond to the Complaint, which
were granted by the Court. This is the parties’ first request to stay the proceeding.