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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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PETER D. KEISLER

Assistant Attorney General

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, 10th Floor

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2723

Fax: (916) 554-2900

MICHAEL F. HERTZ

PATRICIA R. DAVIS

MICHAL TINGLE

Department of Justice

Civil Division

Commercial Litigation Branch

P. O. Box 261

Benjamin Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

Telephone: (202) 307-1381 

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ) 2:04-CV-1053 GEB JFM

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

ex rel. KEITH JAMES, )

) ORDER [Proposed]

Plaintiff, ) 

)

 v. ) 

) FILED UNDER SEAL

MED-MART, INC.; PACIFIC ) 

PULMONARY SERVICES, et al., )

) 

 Defendants. )

______________________________) 

 

The United States and the State of California having

declined to intervene in this action pursuant to the False

Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(4)(B), and California

Government Code § 12652(c)(6)(B), the Court rules as

follows:

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IT IS ORDERED that

1. The complaint be unsealed and served upon the

defendant by the relator;

2. All other contents of the Court's file in this

action remain under seal and not be made public or served

upon the defendant, except for this Order and the United

States of America's and the State of California's Joint

Notice of Election to Decline Intervention, which the

relator will serve upon the defendant only after service of

the complaint;

3. The seal be lifted as to all other matters

occurring in this action after the date of this Order; 

4. The parties shall serve all pleadings and motions

filed in this action, including supporting memoranda, upon

the United States, as provided for in 31 U.S.C.

§ 3730(c)(3), and upon the States of California, as provided

for in California Government Code § 12652(f)(1). The United

States and the State of California may order any deposition

transcripts and are entitled to intervene in this action,

for good cause, at any time; 

5. All orders of this Court shall be sent to the

United States and to the State of California, and that

6. Should the relator or the defendant propose that

this action be dismissed, settled, or otherwise

discontinued, the Court will provide the United States and

the State of California with notice and an opportunity to be

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heard before ruling or granting its approval.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 10, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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