Rogue Valley Medical Center v. Thompson

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: March 16, 2010
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2003-0477
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

__________________________________________ ) ROGUE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 03-0477 (PLF) ) KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, ) Secretary, United States Department of ) Health and Human Services, ) ) Defendant.1 ) __________________________________________)

ORDER

For the reasons stated in the Opinion issued this same day, it is hereby

ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to amend [28] is DENIED; it is

FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to strike [25] is DENIED; and it is

FURTHER ORDERED that defendant’s motion to dismiss [24] is GRANTED.

This case shall be dismissed for failure to state a claim. The Clerk of the Court shall remove this

case from the docket of the Court. This is a final appealable order. See FED . R. APP . P. 4(a).

SO ORDERED.

_/s/__________________________ PAUL L. FRIEDMAN United States District Judge DATE: March 16, 2010

1 The Court has substituted Kathleen Sebelius, the current Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, as the defendant in place of former Secretary Michael Leavitt, pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.