Free Motion to Dismiss - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:07-cv-OOO39—G|\/IS Document 17 Filed O3/15/2007 Page 1 of 3
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT l
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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NORTHERN MICHIGAN HOSPITALS, )
INC. and GIFFORD MEDICAL )
CENTER, INC., for themselves and on )
behalf cfall other similarly situated class )
members, )
) Civil Action No. 07~39 (GMS)
_ Plaintiffs, )
) 3`URY TRIAL DEMANDED
)
v· )
)
HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, )
LLC, (f/l SERVICES, INC.), )
)
Defendant. )

DEFENDAN T HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC’S
MOTION TO DISMISS PLAlN'I`IFFS’ FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. i2(b)(l), l2(b)(6) and l2(b)(7), Defendant Health Net Federal
Services, LLC ("I·Iealth Net"), by and through counsel, hereby respectfully submits this Motion to
Dismiss Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint with prejudice. As set forth fully in Defendant
Health Net Federal Services, LLC’s Memorandum in Support of its Motion to Dismiss, Health
Net respectfully requests that the Court dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint for the following reasons:
(1) Plaintiffs have failed to join a necessary and indispensable party, the United States, under
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19; (2) the United States is the real party in interest in this action
and the matter should not proceed in its absence; (3) the Plaintiffs failed to exhaust their
administrative remedies under the TRICARE Program prior to initiating this lawsuit and, as a
result, their claims are, at best, premature; (4) Plaintit`fs’ claims require examination and
interpretation of technical payment regulations and the matter should therefore be referred to the
TRICARE Management Authority, the office within the Department of Defense empowered to
enforce the regulation at issue; and (5) Plaintiffs have failed to state a claim upon which relief can

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be granted under their common law theories of relief based on breach of implied-in—fact contract
and unjust enrichment. Accordingly, Health Net respectfully requests that the Court dismiss
Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint in its entirety with prejudice.
POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
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. * hard .1-Iorwitz (Del. Bar 2246)
Je ifer Gimler Brady (Del. Bar. 2874)
OF COUNSEL: Je nifer C. Wasson (Del. Bar 4933)
.» rcules Plaza, Sixth Floor
Arthur N. Lerner, Esquire 1313 North Market Street
Kathieen Taylor Sooy, Esquire - P.O. Box 951
Christopher Flynn, Esquire Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0951
Tracy A. Roman, Esquire (302) 984»6000 »» Telephone
CROWELL & MORING LLP (302) 65 8-1 192 ~ Facsimile
. 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. [email protected] — Email
Washington, D.C. 20004 [email protected] - Email
(202) 624-2500 — Telephone
(202) 628-51 16 ~—~ Facsimile Attorneys for Defendant Health Net Federal
Services, LLC
Dated: March 15, 2007
783686vl / 31173
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Jennifer Gimler Brady, hereby certify this 15"‘ day of March, 2007, that the
foregoing DEFENDANT HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC’S MOTION TO
DISMISS PLAIN'I`IFFS’ FIRST AMENDED COMJ?LAIN’I` was electronically tiled with
U.S. District Court District of Delaware via CM/ECF (Official Court Electronic Document Filing
l System) which will send notification of such filing that the document is available for viewing and 1
downloading via CMJECF to the following counsel of record: ·
Matt Neiderman, Esquire
Duane Morris LLP
1100 North Market Street
Suite 1200
Wilmington, DE l9801
it i
en ifer § imler Brady (Del. Bar 2874)
l PO ER ANDERSON & CORROON _. •
_ Here les Plaza, Sixth Floor 1
131 North Market Street -
P.O. Box 951
wlmington, DE 19899
(302) 984-6000 - Telephone
(302)658-1192 - Facsimile
[email protected] — Email
1 Attorneys for Defendant Health Net Federal
Services, LLC