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Nature of Suit Code: 375
Nature of Suit: False Claims Act
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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1 ORDER ON JOINT STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY 

DISMISSAL OF COUNTS I-III 

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

KELLI L. TAYLOR 

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2700 

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Attorneys for the United States 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES, ex rel. RICHARD RICKS and 

MARCELO CUELLAR, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

MENLO WORLDWIDE GOVERNMENT 

SERVICES, LLC; MENLO LOGISTICS, INC.; 

CON-WAY INC.; XPO LOGISTICS, INC.; ESTES 

FORWARDING WORLDWIDE LLC; ESTES 

EXPRESS LINES; and DOES 1 through 25, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:13-CV-539 KJM AC 

ORDER ON THE UNITED STATES’ AND 

RELATORS’ JOINT STIPULATION OF 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF COUNTS I 

THROUGH III OF THIS ACTION 

Upon consideration of the United States’ and Relators’ Joint Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal 

of Counts I through III of this Action, pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement between the 

parties and the Relator Share Agreement between the United States and Relators, and for good cause 

shown, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Counts I through III of this action are hereby dismissed with 

prejudice as to Relators, and with prejudice as to the United States for the Covered Conduct as set forth 

in their Settlement Agreement with Defendants Menlo Worldwide Government Services, LLC; Menlo 

Logistics, Inc.; Con-Way Inc.; XPO Logistics, Inc.; Estes Forwarding Worldwide LLC; and Estes 

Express Lines; 

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2 ORDER ON JOINT STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY 

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 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Relator Cuellar’s Counts IV and V, and both Relators’ claims 

for their reasonable expenses, attorneys’ fees and costs against Defendants under 31 U.S.C. § 

3730(d)(1), shall remain pending and this Court shall retain jurisdiction over those claims until such 

time as those issues are fully and finally resolved. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 5, 2016 

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