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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES ex rel. YANCY 

CUMMINGS,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARY E. BRANTLEY HALE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04723-JCS 

ORDER REGARDING REDACTION OF 

NAMES OF MINORS

Re: Dkt. No. 1

Rule 5.2(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires redaction of the name of an 

individual known to be a minor. Documents filed with the Court are available to the public, and 

may include only the initials of a minor child. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a)(3).

Relator Yancy Cummings’s Complaint in this qui tam action includes the names of her two 

minor children at paragraph 19 and in Exhibit B (at paragraph 4 of Part A of the HAP Contract). 

The Complaint was originally filed under seal, but was unsealed after the United States declined to 

intervene. See dkt. 9. Because the Complaint includes information protected by Rule 5.2, it is 

hereby SEALED once again. Cummings is ORDERED to file a version of the Complaint 

redacting all instances of the names of minor children no later than March 14, 2016 in order to 

complete the public record in this action. Initials of minor children may be left unredacted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 27, 2016 ______________________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

Case 3:15-cv-04723-VC Document 13 Filed 02/27/16 Page 1 of 1