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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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2005205.1 C 00-2921 SBA

Stipulated Request for Conditional Dismissal 

HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC. 

180 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1000 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 

TEL: (415) 875-8500 • FAX: (415) 875-8519

MARK E. REAGAN (State Bar No. 143438) 

FELICIA Y SZE (State Bar No. 233441) 

HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC. 

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1000 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 875-8500 

Facsimile: (415) 875-8519 

E-Mail: fsze@health-law.com 

Attorneys for HORIZON WEST, INC., AND HORIZON 

WEST HEALTHCARE, INC., formerly known as 

HORIZON WEST HEADQUARTERS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

UNITED STATES ex rel. JULIA LEE, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

HORIZON WEST, INC., and HORIZON 

WEST HEALTHCARE, INC., formerly 

known as HORIZON WEST 

HEADQUARTERS, INC., 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. C 00-2921 SBA 

Stipulated Request for Conditional 

Dismissal and Order 

Defendants Horizon West, Inc. and Horizon West Healthcare, Inc., formerly known as 

Horizon West Headquarters, Inc. (collectively, “Horizon West”), Plaintiff United States, and 

Relator Julia Lee by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, the parties in this case have come to a substantial agreement to a settlement of 

the above-captioned case; and 

WHEREAS, the parties are currently in the process of finalizing the terms of the settlement 

agreement and obtaining the requisite approvals; and 

WHEREAS, Horizon West is simultaneously negotiating a Corporate Integrity Agreement 

with the Department of Health and Human Services that Horizon West desires to execute 

simultaneously with any settlement agreement in the above-captioned action; and 

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2005205.1 2 C 00-2921 SBA

Stipulated Request for Conditional Dismissal 

HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC. 

180 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1000 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 

TEL: (415) 875-8500 • FAX: (415) 875-8519

WHEREAS Horizon West predicts that the process of negotiating and finalizing a 

Corporate Integrity Agreement will continue until approximately August 28, 2006; and 

WHEREAS the parties are mutually committed to resolving this matter; and 

WHEREAS, continuing litigation in this case would likely impair the parties' attempts to 

settle this matter; and 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that there should be a conditional dismissal through and 

including September 8, 2006; and 

WHEREAS, the parties understand that a conditional dismissal would vacate the deadlines 

currently set in this case, but prior to September 8, 2006, any party could either make a motion to 

resume litigation or request a case management conference to re-schedule the case and this Court 

would so grant the request to continue litigation; and 

WHEREAS, upon either this Court’s order granting a motion by any party to vacate the 

conditional dismissal and resume litigation or this Court’s order rescheduling the case following a 

case management conference request by any party, the parties agree that all deadlines for 

discovery and motions will reflect the existing amount of time currently available to the parties as 

of the date that this stipulation is being filed with the Court; and 

WHEREAS, if a conditional dismissal were entered and if the case were re-scheduled, the 

litigation would continue as if the conditional dismissal had not been entered; and 

WHEREAS, Horizon West agrees to waive any statute of limitations, laches, or other timerelated defenses based on the passage of time due to the conditional dismissal should the 

conditional dismissal be vacated and the litigation is resumed; and 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that if the parties have not executed a settlement agreement 

by August 28, 2006, the parties will stipulate to request that the Court conduct a case management 

conference to re-schedule the case in a manner that maintains the status quo of all deadlines such 

that the deadlines reflect the existing amount of time currently available to the parties as of the 

date this stipulation is being filed with the Court; and 

WHEREAS, following the settlement of the action, the parties anticipate that the only 

remaining issue, if any, will be for the Court to determine the applicable relator share percentage; 

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2005205.1 3 C 00-2921 SBA

Stipulated Request for Conditional Dismissal 

HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC. 

180 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1000 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 

TEL: (415) 875-8500 • FAX: (415) 875-8519

and 

WHEREAS, good cause exists to grant a conditional dismissal of this case based on the 

parties’ good faith belief that they will resolve their disputes without the need for further Court 

intervention, thereby eliminating the need for use of the Court’s limited resources; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED THAT: 

1. The parties hereby respectfully request that the Court enter the attached Order for 

Conditional Dismissal. 

DATED: June ___, 2006 

Respectfully submitted, 

HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC. 

 By: 

 FELICIA Y SZE 

Attorneys for Horizon West, Inc., and Horizon West 

Healthcare, Inc., formerly known as Horizon West 

Headquarters, Inc. 

DATED: June ___, 2006 PETER D. KEISLER 

Assistant Attorney General 

KEVIN V. RYAN 

United States Attorney 

 By: 

 SARA WINSLOW 

Assistant United States Attorney 

 By: 

 MICHAEL F. HERTZ 

POLLY A. DAMMANN 

SUZETTE E. GORDON 

Civil Division, Department of Justice 

Attorneys for the United States 

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2005205.1 4 C 00-2921 SBA

Stipulated Request for Conditional Dismissal 

HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC. 

180 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1000 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 

TEL: (415) 875-8500 • FAX: (415) 875-8519

DATED: June ___, 2006 WARREN LAW FIRM 

 By: 

 DONALD R. WARREN 

Attorneys for Relator Julia Lee 

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2005205.1 5 C 00-2921 SBA

Stipulated Request for Conditional Dismissal 

HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC. 

180 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1000 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 

TEL: (415) 875-8500 • FAX: (415) 875-8519

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to stipulation, and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this 

Court shall enter a conditional dismissal through and including September 8, 2006, subject to the 

following: 

1. Prior to the exhaustion of the conditional dismissal on September 8, 2006, any 

party may make a motion to resume litigation or request a case management conference to reschedule the pending case, and this Court shall lift the conditional dismissal and litigation will 

resume; 

2. If the conditional dismissal is lifted, the litigation would continue as if the 

conditional dismissal had not been entered, and all deadlines for discovery and motions will reflect 

the existing amount of time currently available to the parties as of the date that this stipulation is 

being filed with the Court; 

3. Upon the exhaustion of the conditional dismissal on September 8, 2006, absent any 

request from any party for a case management conference to re-schedule the pending case, the 

conditional dismissal shall become a final dismissal. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve 

any post-settlement motion for an award of relator share. 

DATED: June _12, 2006 

By: 

 The Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong 

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