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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER

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BOUTIN JONES INC.

Robert D. Swanson (SBN 162816)

Brian M. Taylor (SBN 214838)

555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1500

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 321-4444

Facsimile: (916) 441-7597

BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC

Brian D. Roark 

 (admitted pro hac vice) 

Matthew M. Curley

 (admitted pro hac vice)

150 Third Ave. South, Suite 2800

Nashville, Tennessee 37201-3001

Telephone: (615) 742-6200

Facsimile: (615) 742-2868

Attorneys for all Defendants

ARNOLD LAW FIRM

Clayeo C. Arnold (SBN 65070)

Gary B. Callahan (SBN 47543)

Tatiana Filippova (SBN 283305)

865 Howe Avenue

Sacramento, CA 95825

Telephone: (916) 924-3100

Facsimile: (916) 924-1829

Attorneys for Relators

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. DOUGLAS 

DALITZ and RANDY GRAY,

Relators,

vs.

AMSURG CORP.; GASTROENTEROLOGY 

ASSOCIATES ENDOSCOPY CENTER, 

L.L.C.; REDDING GASTROENTEROLOGY,

L.L.C. d/b/a REDDING ENDOSCOPY 

CENTER; GADDAM NARESH REDDY, 

M.D.; PIYUSH KUMAR DHANUKA, M.D.; 

AND B. NICHOLAS NAMIHAS, M.D.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 12-cv-2218 TLN CKD

STIPULATED REQUEST TO TAKE TWO 

THIRD-PARTY DEPOSITIONS POST 

FACT DISCOVERY CUTOFF; ORDER

 Courtroom: 2

Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley

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Plaintiffs United States of America and the State of California, ex rel., Douglas Dalitz 

and Randy Gray (“Relators”) and Defendants AmSurg Corp., Gastroenterology Associates 

Endoscopy Center, L.L.C., Redding Gastroenterology, L.L.C., d/b/a Redding Endoscopy Center, 

Gaddam Naresh Reddy, M.D., Piyush Kumar Dhanuka, M.D., and B. Nicholas Namihas, M.D. 

through their attorneys, hereby stipulate and request modification of this Court’s Pretrial 

Scheduling Order (the “Scheduling Order”), filed January 19, 2016 (Dkt. 77).

The Pretrial Scheduling Status Order establishes April 29, 2016 as the date that discovery 

is to be completed. The parties request permission to take two third-party depositions after the 

fact discovery cutoff of April 29, 2016.

The parties submit that there is good cause for this request. The parties jointly represent 

to the Court that this requested continuance is not a result of dilatory tactics or lack of diligence 

by the parties. The parties have diligently pursued the completion of fact discovery. All noticed 

depositions (including party depositions) have been completed with the exception of two thirdparty depositions. The deposition of Somnia, Inc. is scheduled to take place in New York on 

May 11, 2016 and the deposition of former Amsurg employee Lori Wenham is scheduled to take 

place in Colorado on May 13, 2016. It has been necessary to schedule these depositions to take 

place after the discovery cutoff due to the availability of these third-party witnesses and counsel 

for relators who is scheduled to be out of the country the weeks of April 25 and May 2. The

parties seek additional time to complete these two depositions only. The taking of these two 

depositions after the discovery cutoff will not affect the parties’ ability to comply with all other 

dates in the court’s pretrial scheduling order, including the completion of expert discovery.

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: April 29, 2016 BOUTIN JONES INC.

By: /s/ Robert D. Swanson

Robert D. Swanson

Brian M. Taylor

Attorneys for Defendants

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Dated: April 29, 2016 ARNOLD LAW FIRM

By: /s/ Gary B. Callahan

Clayeo C. Arnold

Gary B. Callahan

(As authorized on 4-29-16)

Attorneys for Relators

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: April 29, 2016

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