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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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KAMALA D. HARRIS 

Attorney General of California 

SARALYN M. ANG-OLSON

Director 

JENNIFER S. GREGORY (SBN 228593) 

Deputy Attorney General 

Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse 

1425 River Park Drive, Suite 300 

Sacramento, CA 95815-4524 

Telephone: (916) 263-2516 

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

Facsimile: (916) 274-2929 

Attorneys for Plaintiff State of California 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., 

KELLY NGUYEN, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

 v. 

MEDTRONIC, INC. 

Defendant.

Case Nos. 2:13-CV-0806 JAM KJN/ 

 2:14-CV-0419 LKK KJN 

 AMENDED ORDER 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., 

IRVING PHAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

 v. 

MEDTRONIC, INC. 

 Defendant.

With respect to the matter captioned United States of America, ex rel. Kelly Nguyen, et al., 

Case No. 2:13-CV-0806 JAM KJN, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of 

 

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Virginia, and the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, 

Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, 

New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhoda Island, Tennessee, 

Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin (collectively, the “Plaintiff States”), having elected to decline 

intervention in the aforementioned action, and having notified the Court of its decision not to 

intervene, 

 IT IS ORDERED that: 

 1. Relators Kelly Nguyen, Ruth Arvizu, and Thuy Luu shall serve all pleadings and 

motions filed in this action, including supporting memoranda and related papers and orders, upon 

each of the Plaintiff States individually; 

 2. Any of the Plaintiff States may order deposition transcripts; 

 3. Any of the Plaintiff States, for good cause, may at any time intervene in the 

aforementioned action; 

 4. In the event relators Nguyen, Arvizu, and/or Luu propose on behalf of any or all of 

the Plaintiff States that the pending action be dismissed, settled, or otherwise discontinued, the 

Court directors relators to seek and submit the written consent of each said Plaintiff State prior to 

or simultaneously with the filing of such proposal; and, 

 5. Any dismissal of this action, in whole or in part, shall be without prejudice to any 

of the Plaintiff States, unless the State consents to dismissal with prejudice, with the exception of 

the State of Maryland; 

6. In accordance with the terms of the Maryland False Health Claims Act, Md. Code 

Ann., Health Gen, § 2-604 (a)(7), the State of Maryland having declined to intervene in this 

matter, all claims asserted on behalf of Maryland are hereby dismissed without prejudice. 

Further, with respect to the matter captioned United States of America, ex rel. Irving 

Phan, et al., Case No. 2:14-CV-0419 LKK KJN, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the 

Commonwealth of Virginia, and the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, 

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Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, 

Rhoda Island, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin (collectively, the “Plaintiff States”), 

having elected to decline intervention in the aforementioned action, and having notified the Court 

of its decision not to intervene, 

 IT IS ORDERED that: 

 1. Relator Irving Phan shall serve all pleadings and motions filed in this action, 

including supporting memoranda and related papers and orders, upon each of the Plaintiff States 

individually; 

 2. Any of the Plaintiff States may order deposition transcripts; 

 3. Any of the Plaintiff States, for good cause, may at any time intervene in the 

aforementioned action; 

 4. In the event relator Phan proposes on behalf of any or all of the Plaintiff States that 

the pending action be dismissed, settled, or otherwise discontinued, the Court directors relator to 

seek and submit the written consent of each said Plaintiff State prior to or simultaneously with the 

filing of such proposal; and, 

5. Any dismissal of this action, in whole or in part, shall be without prejudice to any 

of the Plaintiff States, unless the State consents to dismissal with prejudice, with the exception of 

the State of Maryland; 

6. In accordance with the terms of the Maryland False Health Claims Act, Md. Code 

Ann., Health Gen, § 2-604 (a)(7), the State of Maryland having declined to intervene in this 

matter, all claims asserted on behalf of Maryland are hereby dismissed without prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 1/12/2016 

/s/ John A. Mendez_______________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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