Ressler et al v. Jones

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
John Ressler, Paulette Ressler, 	)
)
Plaintiffs, 	)
) 	ORDER
vs. 	)
)
Christopher D. Jones, in his official 	)
capacity as Executive Director of the North )
Dakota Department of Health & Human 	)
Services, 	) 	Case No. 1:23-cv-022
)
Defendant. 	)
Before the court is a “Second Stipulation for Extension of Deadline for First Responsive
Pleading” filed by the Parties on April 10, 2023. (Doc. No. 4). The Parties had previously agreed
to, among other things, a sixty-day extension of Defendant’s deadline to file a responsive pleading.
The parties advise that they have now agreed: (1) to further extend Defendant’s deadline to file a
responsive pleading until May 1, 2023; and (2) should an amicable resolution not be reached and
Plaintiffs obtain a judgment in their favor, such judgment will have a retroactive effect of five
months instead of the three months as contemplated by 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(34).
The court ADOPTS the Parties’ stipulation (Doc. No. 4) and ORDERS that Defendant shall
have until May 1, 2023, to file a responsive pleading in this matter.
Dated this 11th day of April, 2023.
/s/ Clare R. Hochhalter
Clare R. Hochhalter, Magistrate Judge
United States District Court
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