Blue Cross & Blue Shield v. Hobbs

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALBRITTON, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This cause is before the court on a Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 4) filed by the Defendant, Norman Hobbs.

The Plaintiff, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, filed a Complaint in this case bringing claims for a declaratory judgment that the Alabama Physician Assistant Statute is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”); for a declaratory judgment that the Alabama Physician Assistant Statute is invalid under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, the Contract Clause,…