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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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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

CATHERINE J. SWANN

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, 10th Floor

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2762

Fax: (916) 554-2900

ADAM SCHWARTZ

Department of Justice

Civil Division

Commercial Litigation Branch

P. O. Box 261

Benjamin Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

Telephone: (202) 514-6831 

Fax: (202) 514-0280

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and

the STATES OF ARKANSAS,

CALIFORNIA, DELAWARE,

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII,

ILLINOIS, INDIANA, LOUISIANA,

MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN,

MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW

HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW

MEXICO, NEW YORK, OKLAHOMA,

RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE,

TEXAS, VIRGINIA, and

WISCONSIN ex rel. JOHN DOE, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

BIOTRONIK, INC. and WESTERN

MEDICAL, INC.,

Defendants. 

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2:09-CV-03617 FCD EFB

AMENDED ORDER ON UNITED STATES’

REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF

TIME TO DECIDE WHETHER TO

INTERVENE AND EXTENSION OF THE

SEAL ON THE QUI TAM COMPLAINT

FILED UNDER SEAL

Upon consideration of the United States' ex parte application for

an extension of the seal period and continuance of the scheduling

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conference, and for good cause shown, the Court hereby rules as

follows: 

1. The United States and plaintiff states shall have through and

including September 23, 2010, to notify the Court of their respective

decisions on whether to intervene in this action; 

2. The complaint and all other filings shall remain under seal

until the United States notices its election, or until further order

of this Court; and

3. The status (pretrial scheduling) conference shall be set for

a time after the United States and plaintiff states notify the Court

of their respective decisions on whether to intervene in this action;

4. This Order supercedes the ORDER ON UNITED STATES’ REQUEST FOR

AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO DECIDE WHETHER TO INTERVENE AND EXTENSION OF

THE SEAL ON THE QUI TAM COMPLAINT issued by the Court on March 22,

2010.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATE: April 1, 2010

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