9th Circuit Sets Briefing Dates in Privacy Case Against Cedars-Sinai Health System
A January privacy case against Cedars-Sinai Health System landed in the 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court, after plaintiff/appellant “John Doe” remanded the case (docket 2:23-cv-00870) to California Superior Court in Los Angeles in April from U.S. District Court for Central…
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California in Los Angeles (see 2304100044). Cedars-Sinai “improperly removed” the action to district court, “purportedly pursuant to the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C.,” Doe said in his first motion to remand (see 2303270036). Doe’s opening brief in the appellate court is due July 24; Cedars-Sinai’s answering brief is due Aug. 22, said a Thursday clerk order (docket No. 23-55466). An optional appellant opening brief is due within 21 days of service of the appellee’s brief, it said. Doe’s suit alleges Cedars-Sinai shared patients’ sensitive and protected personal identifiable information with unrelated parties including Facebook, Google and Microsoft Bing without patients’ consent. Tracking code on the Cedars-Sinai website “diverted customers’ private information to outside entities for analytics and marketing purposes without adequate disclosure” or consent from customers, he alleged.