Opinion
No. 92 C 2295
June 30, 2002
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
On May 16, 2002, we granted the government's petition to enforce its subpoenas. Any appeal would have had to be filed by July 16, 2002. On June 6, 2002, we stayed enforcement temporarily, recognizing that production would effectively negate any appeal. The hospitals also asked for an additional 30 days to file any appeal, which would extend the time to August 15, 2002, but the order extended the time for 30 days (actually 32) from the date of the order, to July 8, 2002, which was sooner than the original appeal deadline.
The hospitals then moved to amend the order so as to have until August 15, 2002, to appeal, and the government presented, under seal, reasons why it thinks the appeal time should be only to July 16, 2002. In the meantime, time has passed. We do not understand why the hospitals cannot come to a decision until three months after entry of the order, but we recognize that their schedules may have been impacted by the intervening passage of time. We extend the appeal time to August 1, 2002.