MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

 

 

 

STATE OF COLORADO

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS

1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor Denver, CO 80203

STEP BY FAITH HOME HEALTH CARE, LLC,

 

Petitioner, v.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING,

 

Respondent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PHILIP J. WEISER, Attorney General HAAR KATTA, Assistant Attorney General* 1300 Broadway, 6th Floor

Denver, CO 80203

Telephone: (720) 508-6087

FAX: (720) 508-6041

E-Mail: haar.katta@coag.gov Registration Number: 54885

*Counsel of Record

Case No.: SR 2022-0054
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

 

Respondent, State Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (Department), by and through undersigned counsel of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, hereby moves for leave to file a reply in support of the Department’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction, and in support states as follows:

  1. Undersigned counsel has attempted to confer with Toi Gillies, representative of Petitioner Step by Faith Home Health Care, LLC (SBF), by

 

 

 

sending her a conferral e-mail to sbfhomecare@gmail.com on June 28, 2022. While Ms. Gillies responded to this e-mail, she did not indicate whether she opposed the relief requested. Undersigned counsel then sent Ms.  Gillies  a  follow-up  email, asking that she indicate whether she opposed the Department’s motion. As of the time the Department is filing this motion, Ms. Gillies has not responded to undersigned counsel’s follow-up email.

  1. On June 7, 2022, the Department filed its Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Following an extension, SBF filed its Response on June 24, 2022.
  2. Pursuant to OAC Procedural Rule 10(A), “[r]eply briefs will be permitted only upon order of the administrative law judge.” In its Response, SBF raised questions, arguments, and factual assertions that the Department wishes to address in a Reply

WHEREFORE, the Department respectfully requests leave to file a reply brief in support of its Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction.

Respectfully submitted this 29th day of June, 2022.

 

PHILIP J. WEISER

Attorney General

 

 

/s/ Haar Katta

HAAR KATTA, 54885*

Assistant Attorney General State Services Section Attorney for Respondent

*Counsel of Record

 

 

 

Service to the Attorneys for the Respondent is preferred via e-mail as follows:

haar.katta@coag.gov leslie.bostwick@coag.gov dave.sluss@coag.gov

 

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 

This is to certify that I have duly served the within MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS upon all parties

herein via email this 29th day of June, 2022 addressed as follows:

 

Toi Gillies

Step By Faith Home Health Care, LLC 13847 Harrison Street

Thornton, CO 80602 sbfhomecare@gmail.com

 

 

/s/ Leslie Bostwick