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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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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

JOHN R. EDWARDS

Assistant United States Attorney

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for the United States

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel., 

NANCY A. SMITH and WENDY JOHNSON,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

NEIL ALAN VAN DYCK, DPM, et al.,

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:12-CV-1783 GEB-KJN

[PROPOSED] ORDER

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

respectively to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(4)(B), and the California False Claims Act, 

CAL. GOV’T CODE § 12652(c)(6)(B), the Court rules as follows:

IT IS ORDERED that,

1. the complaint, first amended complaint, seal extension orders, and orders partially lifting the 

seal be unsealed and served, along with this Order and the Joint Notice of Election to Decline 

Intervention, upon the defendants by the relators;

2. all other contents of the Court’s file in this action remain under seal and not be made public or 

served upon the defendant;

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3. the parties shall serve all pleadings and motions filed in this action, including supporting 

memoranda, upon the United States, as provided for in 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(3). The United States may 

order any deposition transcripts and is entitled to intervene in this action, for good cause, at any time; 

4. the parties shall serve all notices of appeal upon the United States; 

5. all orders of this Court shall be sent to the United States; and that

6. should the relator or the defendant propose that this action be dismissed, settled, or otherwise 

discontinued, the Court will provide the United States with notice and an opportunity to be heard before 

ruling or granting its approval.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2016

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