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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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STIPULATION AND REQUEST 

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BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

BRIAN J. STRETCH (CSBN 163973) 

Acting United States Attorney 

ALEX G. TSE (CSBN 152348) 

Chief, Civil Division 

MELANIE L. PROCTOR (CSBN 228971) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102 

Telephone: (415) 436-6730 

Fax: (415) 436-6748 

e-mail: melanie.proctor@usdoj.gov

MICHAEL D. GRANSTON 

TRACY L. HILMER 

AMY D. KOSSAK 

Attorneys, Civil Division 

United States Department of Justice 

 Ben Franklin Station, Box 261 

 Washington, D.C. 20044 

 Telephone: (202) 616-2856 

 Fax: (202) 305-7797 

 e-mail: Amy.D.Kossak@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al. ex 

rel. 

BROOKE HALLAM, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

EV3 Endovascular, Inc., a corporation, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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CASE NO. C 15-0091 EDL 

STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR 

ENLARGEMENT OF TIME; 

[PROPOSED ORDER] 

FILED UNDER SEAL

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The United States of America, the State of California (on behalf of, and with the consent 

of, the other states and the District of Columbia named as plaintiffs in this qui tam action 

(collectively, the “States”)), and BROOKE HALLAM, as Relator, through their undersigned 

counsel of record, hereby stipulate and request that the Court enlarge until June 4, 2016, the 

period during which the United States may elect to intervene in the above-captioned False 

Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 qui tam action or notify the Court that it declines 

to do so, during which period the complaint and other filings shall remain under seal and not be 

served on Defendants. Similar motions are being filed today in the two other cases that have 

been related to this case under Local Rule 3-12. All three motions seek an extension of the seal 

and intervention deadlines until June 4, 2016. 

1. This request is being filed ex parte pursuant to Civ. L.R. 7-10 and the FCA. It is 

not being served on Defendants, as the case is under seal and Defendants have not yet been 

served in this case. This filing is being served on Relator. To avoid a multiplicity of motions, 

the United States is authorized to seek an extension of the intervention deadlines on behalf of the 

States, each of whose statutes are invoked in the complaint under their respective False Claims 

Acts. 

2. This action was filed on October 23, 2014, in the Northern District of Illinois, 

under the qui tam provisions of the FCA. Among other things, these provisions authorize private 

parties (known as relators) to file lawsuits alleging FCA violations on behalf of the United 

States. 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b). The action was transferred to this District on December 17, 2014. 

3. In this action, Relator alleges, inter alia, that Defendants engaged in unlawful 

kickback schemes. 

4. Under the FCA, the qui tam relator is required to file the complaint under seal and 

serve it on the United States, but not on the defendant, so that the government may investigate 

the allegations in the complaint and make an informed decision whether to intervene in the 

action before the defendant is made aware of the case. The FCA provides that the complaint 

“shall remain under seal for at least 60 days, and shall not be served on the defendant until the 

court so orders.” 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(2). The qui tam provisions of the FCA expressly 

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contemplate that motions for extensions of the 60-day period will be permitted upon a showing 

of “good cause.” 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(2) and (3). 

5. In the present case, Relator completed service of her written disclosure of material 

evidence and the Complaint on the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in 

October 2014. The seal currently expires on December 4, 2015. 

6. The United States and the State of California are actively investigating this case. 

Since the Complaint was transferred, the United States and the State of California have 

assembled a team of investigators and attorneys, interviewed the relator, served a subpoena upon 

Defendant Covidien, and received documents from Defendant Covidien in response to that 

subpoena. On June 3, 2015, at the request of the United States, this Court partially lifted the seal 

on this action to permit the United States, among other things, to disclose relators’ allegations to 

Defendant and its counsel, which the United States has done. The United States and Defendant 

Covidien will be meeting in early December to further discuss the allegations in the complaint 

and further advance the investigation. The United States has determined that additional time will 

be necessary to complete its investigation and make an intervention decision. 

7. Accordingly, the United States and the State of California seeks a six-month 

extension of the seal and intervention in the present case until June 4, 2016. This is the second 

request for an extension of the seal and intervention deadlines in this case in this District. During 

the extension period, if granted, the United States and the State of California will continue to 

diligently investigate Relator’s allegations. 

DATED: November 30, 2015 BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

 Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

BRIAN J. STRETCH 

 Acting United States Attorney 

 /s/Melanie L. Proctor 

 MELANIE L. PROCTOR 

 Assistant United States Attorney 

MICHAEL D. GRANSTON 

TRACY L. HILMER 

AMY D. KOSSAK 

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Attorneys, Civil Division 

United States Department of Justice 

 Ben Franklin Station, Box 261 

 Washington, D.C. 20044 

 Telephone: (202) 616-2856 

 Fax: (202) 305-7797 

 e-mail: Amy.D.Kossak@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

DATED: November 30, 2015 KAMALA HARRIS 

 Attorney General for the State of California 

/s/Siobhan Franklin 

SIOBHAN FRANKLIN

Deputy Attorney General

California Attorney General’s Office

Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse

1455 Frazee Road, Suite 315

San Diego, CA 92108

Telephone: 619-688-6071

Siobhan.Franklin@doj.ca.gov

 Attorneys for the State of California 

 

DATED: November 30, 2015 /s/Susan M. Coler 

 SUSAN M. COLER 

 Halunen & Associates 

 1650 IDS Center 

 80 South Eighth Street 

 Minneapolis, MN 55402 

 Attorney for Relator 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The United States and the plaintiff-States shall have up to and including June 4, 

2016, to inform the Court of their decisions whether to intervene in this matter. 

2. This matter shall otherwise remain under seal until further order of the Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________________ ______________________________ 

 ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

December 3, 2015

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