Defendant's Response to Plaintiffs' First Request for Admission to US Secretary of Health Education and Welfare

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1977

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  • Case Files, Hatcher v. Methodist Hospital - Hardbacks. Defendant's Response to Plaintiffs' First Request for Admission to US Secretary of Health Education and Welfare, 1977. 8759024d-5484-f111-ab0f-7c1e527d528a. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/51f000b7-c87a-46e6-a8f9-e70c68441487/defendants-response-to-plaintiffs-first-request-for-admission-to-us-secretary-of-health-education-and-welfare. Accessed October 10, 2026.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 

HAMMOND DIVISION 

  

RICHARD GORDON HATCHER, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

¥, Civil No. H 77-154 

METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, INC., 

et al., 

Defendants. 

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DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ 
FIRST REQUEST FOR ADMISSION TO 

UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF HEALTH, 
EDUCATION AND WELFARE 
  

Defendant Joseph A. Califano, by his undersigned attorneys, 

pursuant to Rule 26(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

hereby responds to plaintiffs' request for admissions as follows: 

(a) Admit. 

(b) Admit. 

(c) Admit that this is the policy utilized in the adminis- 

trative investigation of Wilmington Medical Center in which the 

satellite hospital has not yet been constructed. This policy 

was developed in May, 1977. The Director of the Office for 

Civil Rights, Mr. David Tatel, is reviewing the entire site 

relocation policy and its application to hospitals which have 

previously been relocated. 

Respectfully submitted, 

  

BARBARA ALLEN BABCOCK 

Assistant Attorney General 

  

RICHARD L. KIESER 

United States Attorney  



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OF COUNSEL: 

JEFFREY CHAMPAGNE 

U.S. Department of Health, 
Education and Welfare FRED W. GRADY 

Assistant United States Attorney 

  

MARVIN G. GARVIN 

Regional Attorney 

EDWARD L. KOVEN 

Assistant Regional Attorney DENNIS G. LINDER 
Department of Health, : 

Education and Welfare 
300 South Wacker Drive 
18th Floor 

  

  

Chicago, Illinois REBECCA L. ROSS 

Attorneys for Defendant 
Attorneys, Department of Justice 
Washington, D. C. 20530 
Telephone: 739-4267 [||041f9ee6-7f06-4ea9-a9b2-ea55a16caa20||]

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