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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC AND MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, D/B/A DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK, et al., : : : : Plaintiffs, : : CIVIL ACTION No. 1:11-cv-00358-SM v. : : NICHOLAS A. TOUMPAS, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, : : : : Defendant. : STIPULATION AND ORDER The parties, though counsel, hereby stipulate to the schedule set forth below and respectfully request the Court’s approval: 1. The defendant, Commissioner Nicholas A. Toumpas, shall file his Answer to the Complaint on September 23, 2011. 2. Commissioner Toumpas shall file his objection to the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction on September 23, 2011. 3. The parties respectfully request that if the Court schedules a hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction, that it be on a date after October 5, 2011. 1 Case 1:11-cv-00358-SM Document 43 Filed 08/11/11 Page 1 of 3

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Stephen J. McAuliffee, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire, approves a schedule for the state's response in Dartmouth-Hitchcock v Toumpas.

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Page 1: Stipulation and Order

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC AND MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, D/B/A DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK, et al.,

: : : :

Plaintiffs,

: :

CIVIL ACTION No. 1:11-cv-00358-SM

v.

: :

NICHOLAS A. TOUMPAS, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services,

: : : :

Defendant. :

STIPULATION AND ORDER The parties, though counsel, hereby stipulate to the schedule set forth below and

respectfully request the Court’s approval:

1. The defendant, Commissioner Nicholas A. Toumpas, shall file his Answer to the

Complaint on September 23, 2011.

2. Commissioner Toumpas shall file his objection to the plaintiffs’ motion for

preliminary injunction on September 23, 2011.

3. The parties respectfully request that if the Court schedules a hearing on the

motion for preliminary injunction, that it be on a date after October 5, 2011.

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Respectfully submitted,

NICHOLAS A. TOUMPAS, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, By his attorneys N.H. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

/s/ Nancy J. Smith Nancy J. Smith, Esquire NH Bar No. 9085 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 (603) 271-3650 [email protected] JOHN DOE, By his attorney, ORR & RENO, P.A. /s/ William L. Chapman William L. Chapman, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 397 One Eagle Square Concord, NH 03302 (603) 224-2381 [email protected]

PROVIDER PLAINTIFFS, By their attorneys, NIXON PEABODY LLP /s/ W. Scott O’Connell W. Scott O’Connell, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 9070 Gordon J. MacDonald, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 11011 Emily P. Feyrer, Esquire (Petition for Admission Pending) N.H. Bar No. 20434 900 Elm Street, 14th Floor Manchester, NH 03101-2031 (603) 628-4000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] OF COUNSEL: /s/ John E. Friberg, Jr. John E. Friberg, Jr., Esquire N.H. Bar No. 11287 Elliot Health System One Elliot Way, Suite 303 Manchester, NH 03103 (603) 663-8940 [email protected] /s/ Constance Sprauer Constance Sprauer, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 16879 Exeter Hospital 5 Alumni Drive Exeter, NH 03833 (603) 742-5252 [email protected]

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/s/ Erica Bodwell Erica Bodwell, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 8915 Southern New Hampshire Medical Center 8 Prospect Street Nashua, NH 03061 (603) 577-2677 [email protected]

SO ORDERED: Date: _______________________________ Steven J. McAuliffe Chief Judge

Certification

August 11, 2011 I certify that a copy of the foregoing was served this day by electronic filing on counsel of record.

/s/ Nancy J. Smith Nancy J. Smith, Bar No. 9085

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