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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 STATE OF CALIFORNIA’S NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION

XAVIER BECERRA

Attorney General of California 

SARALYN M. ANG-OLSON

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

VINCENT DICARLO

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

JENNIFER S. GREGORY, State Bar No. 228593 

Deputy Attorney General 

2329 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95833 

Telephone: (916) 621-1823 

Fax: (916) 274-2949 

E-mail: Jennifer.Gregory@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for State of California 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. PAUL 

VILLAMIZAR, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SENIOR CARE PHARMACY SERVICES, 

INC., and SAMITENDU BANERJEE, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:14-cv-1737 TLN KJN 

ORDER ON STATE OF CALIFORNIA’S 

NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE 

INTERVENTION

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

pursuant to California’s False Claims Act, the Court rules as follows. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. All current contents of the Court’s file in this action shall remain under seal and not be

made public or served upon qui tam Plaintiff or the Defendants, except for the

following documents: (1) qui tam Plaintiff’s Complaint and any amended Complaints;

(2) the summons, if any; (3) California’s Notice of Election to Decline Intervention;

(4) the United States’ Notice of Election to Decline Intervention, (5) any Scheduling

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ORDER ON STATE OF CALIFORNIA’S NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION

or Case Management Order; and, (6) this or any other Order, which are hereby 

unsealed; 

2. The qui tam Plaintiff shall serve the Complaint upon the Defendants within 60 days of 

service of this Order; 

3. The qui tam Plaintiff shall serve this Order and the accompanying Notice of Election 

to Decline Intervention upon the Defendants after service of the Complaint; 

4. The seal shall be lifted as to all other matters occurring in this action after the date of 

this Order; 

5. The parties shall serve all pleadings, motions, and appeals filed in this action, 

including supporting memoranda, upon California; 

6. All orders of this Court shall be sent to California; 

7. California may order any deposition transcripts, intervene at a later date for good 

cause shown, or move to dismiss qui tam Plaintiff’s Complaint or claims; and, 

8. Should the qui tam Plaintiff or any Defendant 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. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 12, 2019 

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