Buncombe County, North Carolina et al v. HCA Healthcare, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Buncombe County, North Carolina and City of Asheville, North Carolina
Defendant: ANC Healthcare, Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., HCA Management Services, LP, HCA, Inc., MH Master Holdings, LLLP, MH Hospital Manager, LLC, MH Mission Hospital, LLLP, Mission Health System, Inc. and Mission Hospital, Inc.
Case Number: 1:2022cv00147
Filed: July 27, 2022
Court: US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Presiding Judge: W Carleton Metcalf
Referring Judge: Martin Reidinger
Nature of Suit: Anti-Trust
Cause of Action: 15 U.S.C. ยง 1 Antitrust Litigation
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
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August 8, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 6 ORDER AND INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN: Pltfs and Defts' Joint MOTION to Consolidate this Case with 1:22cv00147 and for Entry of Initial Case Management Order [Doc. 41 , filed in 1:22-cv-00114-MR-WCM] is GRANTED, and Case Nos. 1:22-cv-00114-MR-WCM and 1:22-cv-00147-MR-WCM are hereby CONSOLIDATED for all purposes up to and including trial before the undersigned. Case No. 1:22-cv-00114-MR-WCM is designated as the lead case, and Case No. 1:22-cv-00147 shall be administratively closed. Pursuant to Civil LR 42.1, all future pleadings will be docketed and filed in the designated lead case only. FURTHER ORDERED that any counsel who has been admitted pro hac vice in 1:22-cv-00114-MR-WCM and 1:22-cv-00147-MR-WCM shall be admitted pro hac vice in the designated lead case, 1:22-cv-00114-MR-WCM, and any counsel not so admitted may file an application to be admitted pro hac vice in the designated lead case. FURTHER ORDERED that parties shall follow the following initial case management plan to govern the filing of Pltfs' Consolidated Class Action Complaint and Defts' anticipated response: (1) All papers filed in this action shall be filed under the designated lead case 1:22-cv-00114-MR-WCM, and must bear the following case name: In re Mission Health Antitrust Litigation; (2) Pltfs shall file a Consolidated Class Action Complaint by 8/19/2022; (3) Pltfs' filing of the Consolidated Complaint shall not prejudice their ability to amend as of course under F.R.Cv.P. 15(a)(1); (4) Defts shall respond to the Consolidated Complaint, including by filing any motion(s) pursuant to F.R.Cv.P. 12, by 9/9/2022; (5) Pltfs' opposition(s) to any such motion(s) filed pursuant to Rule 12 shall be filed by 10/14/2022; (6) Any reply in support of Defts' motion(s) shall be filed by 11/4/2022; (7) Defts' brief(s) in support of motion(s) filed pursuant to Rule 12 and Pltfs' brief(s) in opposition to Defts' motion(s) shall each not exceed 25 pages. Defts' reply brief(s) shall each not exceed 10 pages. Briefs must be double spaced and in at least 14 point type. Signed by Chief Judge Martin Reidinger on 8/6/2022. (ejb)
August 8, 2022 Cases associated: Create association to 1:22-cv-00114-MR-WCM. (ejb)
August 4, 2022 Filing 5 Joint NOTICE of Filing of Motion for Consolidation of Cases re: Case Nos. 1:22-cv-114 and 1:22-cv-147 by Buncombe County, North Carolina, City of Asheville, North Carolina. (Hunter, Robert) Modified text on 8/8/2022. NEF Regenerated (ejb).
August 4, 2022 Filing 4 NOTICE of Appearance by Dana C. Lumsden on behalf of ANC Healthcare, Inc., Mission Hospital, Inc. (Lumsden, Dana)
July 28, 2022 Filing 3 NOTICE of Appearance by Robert N. Hunter, Jr on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Hunter, Robert)
July 28, 2022 Filing 2 Summons Issued Electronically as to ANC Healthcare, Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., HCA Management Services, LP, HCA, Inc., MH Hospital Manager, LLC, MH Master Holdings, LLLP, MH Mission Hospital, LLLP, Mission Hospital, Inc. NOTICE: Counsel shall print the summons and serve with other case opening documents in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P.4 . (kby)
July 27, 2022 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants with Jury Demand ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number ANCWDC-5675081), filed by *Buncombe County, North Carolina, and City of Asheville, North Carolina. (Bloss, John) Modified text on 7/27/2022 (ejb).
July 27, 2022 Case assigned to Chief Judge Martin Reidinger and Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf. Notice: You must click this link to retrieve the #Case Assignment Packet. This is your only notice - you will not receive a separate document. (ejb)

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Plaintiff: Buncombe County, North Carolina
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