Free Report - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Sally Hart, AZ Bar No. 013453 WILLIAM E. MORRIS INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE 2033 E. Speedway Blvd., Suite 200 Tucson, AZ 85719 [email protected] (520) 322-0127 Ellen Sue Katz, AZ Bar No. 012214 WILLIAM E. MORRIS INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE 202 E. McDowell, Suite 257 Phoenix, AZ 85004 [email protected] (602) 252-3432 Jane Perkins NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM 211 North Columbia Street, Second Floor Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 [email protected] (919) 968-6308 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) ANTHONY RODGERS, Director of the Arizona ) Health Care Cost Containment System; and ) TOMMY THOMPSON, Secretary of the United ) States Department of Health and Human Services, ) ) in their official capacities, ) ) Defendants. ) SHARON NEWTON-NATIONS; MANUELA GONZALEZ, CHERYL BILBREY, DONALD MCCANTS, HECTOR MARTINEZ, ANNE GARRISON, DAWN HOUSE, DANA, FRANKLIN EDWARD BONNER, D.H.; JACK BAUMHARDT, MANUEL ESPARZA, and PATRICIA JONES, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,

No. CIV 03-2506 PHX EHC JOINT REPORT RE: SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING

(Assigned to Hon. Earl H. Carroll)

This Joint Report responds to the Court's Order of October 26, 2007 asking the Parties to inform the Court whether the current stay should be lifted and, if so, whether supplemental

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briefing is requested on the summary judgment motions. The parties were given time to continue a discussion of settlement, but that discussion has not produced a resolution of the issues. The parties have agreed that the stay should be lifted in light of the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Spry v. Thompson, 487 F.3d 1272 (9th Cir. 2007). They have agreed upon the following schedule for supplemental briefing: 1. Opening Brief from Plaintiffs, due February 15, 2008. 2. Response from Defendants, due March 15, 2008. 3. Reply from Plaintiffs, due April 1, 2008. The parties further agreed to follow the page limits specified in LR Civ 7.2(e). Dated: December 12, 2007 Respectfully submitted, JOHNSTON LAW OFFICES, P.L.C. WILLIAM E. MORRIS INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE s/Sally Hart Sally Hart Attorney for Plaintiffs

s/Logan T. Johnston Logan T. Johnston Attorney for Defendants Rodgers and AHCCCS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

s/Vesper Mei____________ Vesper Mei Attorney for Defendant Tommy Thompson

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on this 12th day of December, 2007, I electronically transmitted the foregoing Joint Report Re: Supplemental Briefing to the Clerk's Office using the ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic filing and to ECF registrants.

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