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Nature of Suit Code: 375
Nature of Suit: False Claims Act
Cause of Action: 31:3731 Fraud

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1 BRIAN J. STRETCH (CA .Bar No. 163973) 

Acting United States Attorney 

2 ALEX G. TSE (CA Bar No. 152348) 

Chief, Civil Division 

3 SARA WINSLOW (DC Bar No. 457643) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

4 450 Golden Gate A venue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102 

5 Telephone: (415) 436-6925 · 

Facsnnile: (415) 436-6748 

6 sara.winslow@usdoj.gov 

7 Attorneys for the United States of America 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rei. 

12 LITE MACHINES, INC., . 

13 Plaintiffs, 

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15 OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC., et al., 

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) Case No. C 15-2977 EDL · 

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) UNITED STATES' RE~UEST TO ~ UNSEAL CASE; !PIUHOW:O] 

) ORDER TO UNSEAL 

) mLEDUNDERSEAL 

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~ 18 This action was filed under seal pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the False Claims 

19 Act (FCA),' 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b). On March 2, 2016, Relator, Lite Machines, Inc., filed a 

20 voluntary dismissal of this action, to which the United States did not object. On March 4, 2016, 

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. the Court entered an order dismissing the action without prejudice. The dismissal occurred while 

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the case was still under seal. Typically, when the United States notifies the Court of its decision . 

24 whether to intervene in a qui tam case, the government also asks the Court to unseal the case. 

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The United States now respectfull y requests that the Court tmseal: (1 ) Relator's 

Complaint: (2) the summons, if any; (3) the scheduling order; (4) Plaintiffs Motion fo r 

Voluntary Dismissal; (5) the March 4, 2016 Order dismissing the case; (6) th is Request to Unseal 

Case, with [Proposed] Order to Unseal; and (7) a ll future filings in this action. The United States 

requests that all other co ntents of the Court's fi le in this matter (including any applications fi led 

by the United States fo r extensions o f the sixty-day investigative period and related orders) 

remain under seal. The undersigned government counsel understands from communications wit 

Relator's counsel that Re lator does not object to this unsealing request. 

Dated: March 14, 2016 By: 

Respectfully submitted, 

BRIAN J. STRETCH 

Acting United Stales Attorney 

c~t/t 3 ·- SARA WTNSLOW 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

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IT IS HEREBY 0 RD ERED that: 

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I. The Compla int, the summons, the scheduling order, Plaintiff's Motion for Voluntary 

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