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Nature of Suit Code: 376
Nature of Suit: other
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

HCA HEALTHCARE, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.17-cv-00134-VKD 

*SEALED*

ORDER TO UNSEAL AND SERVE 

COMPLAINTS

The United States and the State of California have declined to intervene in this action 

pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 § U.S.C. 3703(b)(4)(B), and the California False Claims Act, 

Cal. Gov’t Code § 12651 et seq. Dkt. Nos. 27, 28. Accordingly, the Court orders that the 

complaints (Dkt. Nos. 1, 3, 26) be unsealed. The relator shall serve the complaints upon 

defendants pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4. Defendants shall have 20 days to 

respond after the relator effects service.

All other contents of this Court’s file in this action remain under seal and shall not be made 

public or served upon the defendants unless and until the Court orders otherwise, except for this 

order, the United States’ Notice of Election to Decline Intervention (Dkt. No. 27), and the State of 

California’s Notice of Election to Decline Intervention (Dkt. No. 28), which the relator will serve 

upon the defendants only after the service of the complaints. The seal shall be lifted as to all other 

matters filed or occurring in this action after the date of this order, except as provided in Civil 

Local Rule 79-5.

The relator shall provide copies of all pleadings filed in the action and copies of all 

deposition transcripts to the United States and the State of California at those parties’ expense 

pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(3) and Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(f)(1). The relator shall also 

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provide copies of all Court orders and notices of appeal on the United States and the State of 

California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 13, 2019

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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