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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC AND : MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, : D/B/A DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : : v. : : NICHOLAS A. TOUMPAS, in his official : capacity as Commissioner of the New Hampshire : Department of Health and Human Services, : : Defendant. :

CIVIL ACTION No. 1:11-cv-00358-SM

STIPULATION AND ORDER The parties, though counsel, hereby stipulate to the schedule set forth below and respectfully request the Courts approval: 1. The defendant, Commissioner Nicholas A. Toumpas, shall file his Answer to the

Complaint on September 23, 2011. 2. Commissioner Toumpas shall file his objection to the plaintiffs motion for

preliminary injunction on September 23, 2011. 3. The parties respectfully request that if the Court schedules a hearing on the

motion for preliminary injunction, that it be on a date after October 5, 2011.

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Respectfully submitted,

NICHOLAS A. TOUMPAS, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, By his attorneys N.H. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

PROVIDER PLAINTIFFS, By their attorneys, NIXON PEABODY LLP /s/ W. Scott OConnell W. Scott OConnell, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 9070 Gordon J. MacDonald, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 11011 Emily P. Feyrer, Esquire (Petition for Admission Pending) N.H. Bar No. 20434 900 Elm Street, 14th Floor Manchester, NH 03101-2031 (603) 628-4000 soconnell@nixonpeabody.com gmacdonald@nixonpeabody.com efeyrer@nixonpeabody.com OF COUNSEL: /s/ John E. Friberg, Jr. John E. Friberg, Jr., Esquire N.H. Bar No. 11287 Elliot Health System One Elliot Way, Suite 303 Manchester, NH 03103 (603) 663-8940 jfriberg@Elliot-HS.org /s/ Constance Sprauer Constance Sprauer, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 16879 Exeter Hospital 5 Alumni Drive Exeter, NH 03833 (603) 742-5252 csprauer@ehr.org

/s/ Nancy J. Smith Nancy J. Smith, Esquire NH Bar No. 9085 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 (603) 271-3650 nancy.smith@doj.nh.gov

JOHN DOE, By his attorney, ORR & RENO, P.A. /s/ William L. Chapman William L. Chapman, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 397 One Eagle Square Concord, NH 03302 (603) 224-2381 wchapman@orr-reno.com

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/s/ Erica Bodwell Erica Bodwell, Esquire N.H. Bar No. 8915 Southern New Hampshire Medical Center 8 Prospect Street Nashua, NH 03061 (603) 577-2677 erica.bodwell@snhmc.org

SO ORDERED:

Date:

_______________________________ Steven J. McAuliffe Chief Judge

Certification August 11, 2011 I certify that a copy of the foregoing was served this day by electronic filing on counsel of record.

/s/ Nancy J. Smith Nancy J. Smith, Bar No. 9085