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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex. rel.

ERIC LUTHER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

IEC CORPORATION, 

Defendant.

No. 2:21-cv-01037-DAD-JDP

ORDER DISMISSING THIS ACTION 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE PURSUANT TO 

PLAINTIFF-RELATOR’S NOTICE OF 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

(Doc. Nos. 17, 18)

Before the court is plaintiff-relator Eric Luther’s notice of voluntary dismissal of this 

action without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i) and the 

United States’ notice of its consent to the dismissal of this action pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

§ 3730(b)(1). (Doc. Nos. 17, 18.) In its notice, the United States requests that “the Relator’s 

Complaint, the Relator’s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice, this Notice, the 

Court’s Order dismissing this action, and all subsequent filings in this action be unsealed,” but 

that all other filings already on the docket in this action remain sealed. (Doc. No. 18 at 1–2.)

Pursuant to these notices, the court orders as follows: 

1. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal the relator’s complaint (Doc. No. 1), the 

relator’s notice of voluntary dismissal (Doc. No. 17), and the United States’ notice 

of consent to dismissal (Doc. No. 18);

2. This order shall not be sealed; 

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3. All other filings already on the docket in this action shall remain under seal; 

4. Any filings in this action filed after the date of this order shall not be sealed; and

5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 11, 2024 

DALE A. DROZD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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