SIMON v. VALUE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC.

No. SA CV 96-711 GLT [CC].

955 F.Supp. 93 (1997)

Stephen SIMON, Plaintiff, v. VALUE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

March 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Simon, Jupiter, FL, pro. per.

Audrey Lyness, Barger & Wolen, Los Angeles, CA, Bruce Beckman, Jeffrey Smith, Beckman, Davis, Smith & Ruddy, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Geoffrey Glass, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Costa Mesa, CA, Guy O. Kornblum, Jeffrey J. Fowler, Bailey & Kornblum, San Francisco, CA, James P. Collins, Jr., Cotkin & Collins, Santa Ana, CA, Dale F. Kinsella, Jack G. Cairl, Jr., Alan R. Kossoff, Kinsella, Boesch, Fujikawa & Towle, Los Angeles, CA, Gregory H. Halliday, Michael J. Khouri, Deborah L. O'Connor, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Irvine, CA, Erica S. Arouesty, Stephen L. Hewitt, Hewitt & Prout, North Hollywood, CA, Dennett F. Kouri, Sr., Geoffrey Tong, Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, Los Angeles, CA, Kirk A. Patrick, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA, Ellen Kamon, Rosato & Samuels, North Hollywood, CA, Daniel W. Maguire, Mark Riekhof, Galton & Helm, Los Angeles, CA, Gordon E. Krischer, Kenneth E. Johnson, O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Kenneth L. Schmetter, Senior Supervising Attorney, City of Chicago, Department of Law, Chicago, IL, Patrick J. Mahoney, Chief Trial Attorney, Margaret W. Baumgartner, Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, Marta M. Fernandez, Rebecca L. Torrey, Lynne M. Hook, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, Los Angeles, CA, Jeffrey L. Sikkema, Juan C. Basombrio, Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., Costa Mesa, CA, Ronald J. Cooke, Meghan A. White, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason, Los Angeles, CA, Mark A. Wooster, Universal City, CA, J. Thomas Bowen, Davis, Cowell & Bowe, San Francisco, CA, Roland C. Bainer, Clayson, Mann & Yaeger, Corona, CA, Marc J. Wodin, Law Offices of Marc J. Wodin, Woodland Hills, CA, J. Mark Waxman, Jonathon E. Cohn, Foley Lardner Weissburg & Aronson, Los Angeles, CA, Patrick T. Connor, DeCarlo, Connor & Selvo, Los Angeles, CA, Michael R. Feinberg, Los Angeles, CA, David C. Capell, J. Matthew Patton, Gordon & Rees, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Ronald J. Hein, Jr., Terrence T. Creamer, Chicago, IL, Sean P. Nalty, Wynne A. Ahern, Kelly & Herlihy, San Francisco, CA, Keith M. Parker, Rachelle Singer, Irvine, CA, Stephen M. Harris, Diron M. Ohanian, Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, Glendale, CA, Elizabeth W. Walker, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, CA, Alexander B. Cvitan, Esteban Lizardo, Darren Goodman, Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan, Los Angeles, CA, Ted L. Wilkes, New York City, Robert J. Stumpf, Jr., Lynn A. Bersch, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Stephanie L. Chilton, Hermosa Beach, CA, Robert L. Dysart, Bess & Dysart, Phoenix, AZ, W. Mark Wood, Phillip R. Kaplan, Todd A. Green, O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Newport Beach, CA, Margaret H. Campbell, Andrea L. Bailey, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Atlanta, GA, John Provost, Beeson, Tayer & Bodine, Sacramento, CA, Lesley C. Green, Los Angeles, CA, Diane C. Blasdel, Selzer, Ealy, Hemphill & Blasdel, Rancho Mirage, CA, Scott A. Brooks, Daniels, Baratta & Fine, Los Angeles, CA, Robert S. Schulman, Linda Margolies Salem, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Los Angeles, CA, Meghan K. Serwin, Paula Financial Inc., Pasadena, CA, Paul Alexander, Vanessa Wells, Palo Alto, CA, Richard J. Foster, Paone, Callahan, McHolm & Winton, Irvine, CA, Peter E. Romo, Jr., Horace W. Green, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Gerald, San Francisco, CA, Philip M. Miller, Saltzman & Johnson Law Corp., San Francisco, CA, Mark Lipton, Lipton, Warnlof & Segal, Walnut Creek, CA, Jacob J. Stettin, Stettin & Cass, Los Angeles, CA, Robert S. Hark, Lewiston, ME, Patrick M. Smith, Nugent & Newnham, A.P.C., San Diego, CA, Ronald K. Alberts, Jeffrey A. Katz, Frye, Alberts & Malchow, Los Angeles, CA, Neil J. Barker, Gronemeier & Barker, Pasadena, CA, Marc A. Becker, Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, David T. DiBiase, Regina R. Wong, Los Angeles, CA, Jana I. Lubert, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Los Angeles, CA, Marc Epstein, Gaims, Weil, West & Epstein, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Judith A. Ripps, Harnett Lesnick & Ripps, P.A., Boca Raton, FL, Douglas A. Kuber, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Oliver, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Scott D. Norton, Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler & Asher, P.C., Southfield, MI, Owen Strange, Booth, Mitchel & Strange, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

TAYLOR, District Judge.

The Court holds a third party who is not a health care provider lacks standing to sue on an assigned claim for ERISA benefits payment.

Plaintiff sues over 1,600 defendants to recover ERISA benefits allegedly due. Although not a health care provider, Plaintiff holds assigned claims from six health care providers and over 600 individual participants or beneficiaries.

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