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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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ORDER ON THE UNITED STATES’ NOTICE OF PARTIAL 

INTERVENTION FOR SETTLEMENT AND PARTIAL DECLINATION

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel.

JOHN ROE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES OF

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, A

MEDICALGROUP; RENO ORTHOPEDIC 

CLINIC, DR. CHRISTENSEN; SAN 

BERNARDINO MEDICAL ORTHOPAEDIC 

GROUP, INC.; MICHAEL T. KELLER, M.D., 

INC. d/b/a SAN DIEGO ARTHRITIS 

MEDICAL CLINIC; and DOES 1-20, 

Defendants.

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ORDER ON THE UNITED STATES’ 

NOTICE OF PARTIAL 

INTERVENTION FOR SETTLEMENT 

AND PARTIAL DECLINATION

The United States having intervened in part and declined in part of this action, pursuant to 

the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(2) and (4), the Court rules as follows: 

IT IS ORDERED that the Complaint, the United States' Notice of Partial Intervention for 

Settlement and Partial Declination, and this Order, be unsealed; 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other previously-filed contents of the Court's file in 

this action remain under seal and not be made public, or served upon the defendants; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the seal shall be lifted on all matters occurring in this 

action after the date of this Order. 

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

CATHERINE J. SWANN

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2762

Fax: (916) 554-2900

Attorneys for the United States of America

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 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

Dated: September 28, 2016 

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