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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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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON THE UNITED STATES’ REQUEST FOR A SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME TO DECIDE WHETHER 

TO INTERVENE AND EXTENSION OF THE SEAL ON THE QUI TAM COMPLAINT 1

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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 

MICHAEL D. GRANSTON 

SARA MCLEAN 

DAVID TYLER 

Department of Justice 

Civil Division 

Commercial Litigation Branch 

P. O. Box 261 

Benjamin Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Telephone: (202) 305-3988 

Fax: (202) 307-5788 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel.

EDWARD KOONS, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, 

SFPP, L.P., KINDER MORGAN OPERATING 

P.D. AND KINDER MORGAN G.P., INC. 

 Defendant. 

2:15-CV-1291 KJM EFB 

ORDER ON THE UNITED STATES’ 

REQUEST FOR A SECOND 

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 a second extension of the seal 

period and for good cause shown, the Court hereby rules as follows: 

 1. The United States shall have through and including October 20, 2016, to notify the Court of 

its decision on whether to intervene in this action; 

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 2. The complaint and all other filings shall remain under the seal provisions currently in effect 

until the United States notices its election, or until further order of this Court; 

 3. Any status (pretrial scheduling) conference calendared is vacated, and shall be set for a time 

after the United States notifies the Court of its decision on whether to intervene in this action. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: April 28, 2016 

 

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