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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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[Proposed] Order (2:23-CV-01448-TLN-AC PS) 

ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California 

JACQUELINE DALE

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

RACHEL A. COLES

Deputy Attorney General 

State Bar No. 229291 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 210-7274 

Fax: (916) 327-4375 

E-mail: Rachel.Coles@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for the People of the State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Peter T. Harrell, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Hornbrook Community Services District, et 

al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:23-cv-1448 TLN AC PS 

 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: THE NOTICE OF 

 ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION 

 BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

 

Date: N/A 

Time: N/A 

Dept: 26 

Judge: Hon. Allison Claire 

Trial Date: None 

Action Filed: July 20, 2023 

The State of California (“California”) having declined to intervene in this action pursuant to 

the California False Claims Act, Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(c)(6)(B), the Court rules as follows: 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The parties shall serve all pleadings and motions (including supporting memoranda) in 

this action upon California, as provided for in Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(f)(1). California may 

also order any deposition transcripts pursuant to this section; and 

 2. As provided for in Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(f)(2)(A), notwithstanding California’s 

initial election to decline, California is entitled to intervene in this action, upon a proper showing, 

at any future time; and 

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 3. As provided for in Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(2)(A), California may seek dismissal of the 

relator’s action or claim upon a proper showing; and 

4. Should the relator or the defendants propose that this action be dismissed, settled, or 

otherwise discontinued, the Court will provide California with notice and an opportunity to be 

heard before ruling or granting its approval, in accordance with Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(c)(1). 

 5. All papers served on or sent to California in this action should be sent in electronic 

format to Deputy Attorney General Rachel Coles at rachel.coles@doj.ca.gov and, if also in hard 

copy, to: 

Deputy Attorney General Rachel Coles 

Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General 

1300 I Street 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 27, 2023 

SF2023303961 

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