Motion For Enlargement of Time

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- Economic Justice
Topic
- Healthcare
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
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Matter
- Hatcher v. Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc.
Case
- Hatcher v. Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc.
U.S. state
- Indiana
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- cfd11e8b-5484-f111-ab0f-7c1e527d528a

Case Files, Hatcher v. Methodist Hospital - Hardbacks. Motion For Enlargement of Time, 1977. cfd11e8b-5484-f111-ab0f-7c1e527d528a. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6665fff4-e03a-4a5a-93fc-7e739be1c17c/motion-for-enlargement-of-time. 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, 
WILLIE LEE PAGE, 
METRO CORPS OF GARY, INC., A 
Not-For-Profit Corporation 
and others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs 

Vs. 

CIVIL ACTION NO. H 77-154 
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, INC. “ih 
An Indiana Not-For-Profit 
Corporation and DENIS E. RIBORDY, 
As President of the Board of 
Directors 

JOSEPH CALIFANO, as United States 
Secretary of Health, Education 
and Welfare, 

WILLIAM T. PAYNTER, M.D., as 
State Health Commissioner for the 
Indiana State Board of Health, wt

” 

JAMES WHITE, as Director of the 
Division of Hospital and 
Institutional Services of the 
Indiana State Board of Health, 

DAVID J. EDWARDS, M.D., as 
Director of the Health Facilities, 
Bureau of the Indiana State Board 
of Health, and 

KIPTON KAPLAN, as Executive 
Director of the Northern Indiana 
Comprehensive Health Systems 
Agency, Inc., 

Defendants 

MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME 
  

Come now the defendants, Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., 

and Denis E. Ribordy, by counsel, and move the Court pursuant 

to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 6(b) for enlargement 

 



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of time in which to plead or otherwise respond to the plaintiffs’ 

Complaint herein for a period of thirty (30) days, to and including 

July 6, 1977. In support of their Motion, the defendants demon- 

strate to the Court that their co-defendant, Joseph Califano, as 

Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, is not required to 

responsively plead in this matter until on or after July 6, 1977 

pursuant to Federal Statute and in further support of their Motion, 

defendants demonstrate to the Court that this enlargement will not 

prejudice the plaintiffs or any of the various other defendants in 

this matter. 

Respectfully submitted, 

HODGES, DAVIS, GRUENBERG, COMPTON 
& SAYERS 

BY: ee en, i, 
~ Edward J. Hussey/ 

5525 Broadway 
Gary, Indiana 46410 
Phone: 981-2557 

     

 



IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

  

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 

HAMMOND DIVISION 

RICHARD GORDON HATCHER, 
WILLIE LEE PAGE, 
METRO CORPS OF GARY, INC., A 
Not-For-Profit Corporation 
and others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs 

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METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, INC., 
An Indiana Not-For-Profit 
Corporation and DENIS E. RIBORDY, 
As President of the Board of 
Directors 

CIVIL ACTION NO. H 77-154 
JOSEPH CALIFANO, as United States 
Secretary of Health, Education 
and Welfare, 

WILLIAM T. PAYNTER, M.D., as 
State Health Commissioner for the 
Indiana State Board of Health, 

JAMES WHITE, as Director of the 
Division of Hospital and 
Institutional Services of the 
Indiana State Board of Health, 

DAVID J. EDWARDS, M.D., as 
Director of the Health Facilities, 
Bureau of the Indiana State Board 
of Health, and 

KIPTON KAPLAN, as Executive 
Director of the Northern Indiana 
Comprehensive Health Systems 
Agency, Inc., 

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Defendants 

ORDER 
  

Come now the defendants, Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc., 

and Denis E. Ribordy having heretofore filed their Motion for 

Enlargement of Time in which to plead or otherwise respond to 

the plaintiffs' Complaint herein in the following words and 

 



  

figures: (H.I.) The Court having considered said Motion now 

hereby grants said Motion. Defendants, Methodist Hospital of 

Gary, Inc. and Denis E. Ribordy are hereby ordered to plead 

or otherwise respond to the plaintiffs' Complaint on or before 

July 6, 1977. 

ALL OF WHICH IS ORDERED THIS Day of 3: 3977. Sm ———— 
  

  

JUDGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, 
HAMMOND DIVISION 

 



  

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 

HAMMOND DIVISION 

RICHARD GORDON HATCHER, 
WILLIE LEE PAGE, 
METRO CORPS OF GARY, INC., A 
Not-For-Profit Corporation 
and others similarly situated, 

N
e
”
 

Plaintiffs 

Vs. 

METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, INC. 

An Indiana Not-For-Profit 

Corporation and DENIS E. RIBORDY, 
As President of the Board of 
Directors 

JOSEPH CALIFANO, as United States 
Secretary of Health, Education 
and Welfare, 

WILLIAM T. PAYNTER, M.D., as 
State Health Commissioner for the 
Indiana State Board of Health, CIVIL ACTION NO. H 77-154 

JAMES WHITE, as Director of the 
Division of Hospital and 
Institutional Services of the 
Indiana State Board of Health, 

DAVID J. EDWARDS, M.D., as 
Director of the Health Facilities, 
Bureau of the Indiana State Board 
of Health, and 

KIPTON KAPLAN, as Executive 
Director of the Northern Indiana 
Comprehensive Health Systems 
Agency, Inc., 

Defendants 

AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE 
  

On the OJ Q/ day of 57 1977, Edward J. Hussey, Attorney 

for defendants, Methodis ospital of Gary, Inc. and Denis E. 

Ribordy, served a true and correct copy of defendants' Motion 

for Enlargement of Time in which to plead and proposed Order 

 



  

granting defendants' Motion for Enlargement of Time in which to 

plead on the following named individuals by depositing same in 

the United States Mail, first class, postage prepaid and addressed 

to the following named individuals as follows: 

Jack Greenberg 
Melvyn R. Leventhal 
Beth J. Lief 

10 Columbus Circle 
New York, New York 10019 

Julian B. Allen 
Charles B. Miller 

2009 Broadway 
Gary, Indiana 46407 

Marilyn G. Rose 
Christine G. Hickman 

1751 N. Street, N. UH. 
Washington, D. C. 20036 

Fred Grady 
Assistant United States Attorney 

507 State Street 
Hammond, Indiana 

HODGES, DAVIS, GRUENBERG, COMPTON 
& SAYERS 

BY: An BA Yd]. 
  

“Edward J. Hussey” 
5525 Broadway F (7 
Gary, Indiana 46410 
Phone: 981-2557 [||db209716-d76d-4cde-9a34-1d1bb7314df9||]

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