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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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EDMUND G. BROWN JR., State Bar No. 37100

Attorney General of California 

MARK GEIGER

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

NICHOLAS N. PAUL

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

ERIKA HIRAMATSU, State Bar No. 190883 

Deputy Attorney General 

1455 Frazee Road, Suite 315 

San Diego, CA 92108-4304 

Telephone: (619) 688-7906 

Fax: (619) 688-4200 

E-mail: Erika.Hiramatsu@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for the State of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., 

[UNDER SEAL], 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

[UNDER SEAL],

Defendants.

2:10-CV-01273-WBS-KJM 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

FILED IN CAMERA AND UNDER SEAL 

[31 U.S.C. § 3730(B)(2)] 

[Exempt from ECF] 

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 (2:10-CV-01273-WBS-KJM) 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR., State Bar No. 37100

Attorney General of California 

MARK GEIGER

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

NICHOLAS N. PAUL

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

ERIKA HIRAMATSU, State Bar No. 190883 

Deputy Attorney General 

1455 Frazee Road, Suite 315 

San Diego, CA 92108-4304 

Telephone: (619) 688-7906 

Fax: (619) 688-4200 

E-mail: Erika.Hiramatsu@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for the State of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., and 

THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA, 

CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, 

GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, 

LOUISIANA, MASSACHUSETTS, 

MICHIGAN, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW 

JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, 

NORTH CAROLINA, OKLAHOMA, 

RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, 

VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, THE DISTRICT 

OF COLUMBIA, AND DOE STATES 1-26, 

ex rel. MAX BENNETT, 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

BIOTRONIK, INC., and WESTERN 

MEDICAL, INC., 

Defendants.

2:10-CV-01273-WBS-KJM 

[PROPOSED] ORDER ON THE PLAINTIFF 

STATES’ EX PARTE REQUEST FOR A 

NUNC PRO TUNC ORDER EXTENDING 

THE INTERVENTION DEADLINE AND 

THE SEAL ON THE QUI TAM

COMPLAINT 

FILED IN CAMERA AND UNDER SEAL 

[31 U.S.C. § 3730(B)(2)] 

[Exempt from ECF]

The Court, having considered of the State of California’s application on behalf of the 

government co-plaintiffs for an extension of the seal period and of time to decide whether to 

intervene, and good cause having been shown, it is hereby ORDERED that: 

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1. The United States and plaintiff states shall have up to and including October 9, 2010, 

to make a decision whether to intervene in this action; and 

2. This order be made nunc pro tunc to May 19, 2010. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: July 2, 2010 

 

HQ2010101215 

Proposed order.doc 

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