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Parties Involved:
Deborah Imig
Plaintiff
Joginder Soni
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

GLEN F. DORGAN

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

JOYCE R. BRANDA 

RENÉE BROOKER

DOUGLAS J. ROSENTHAL

Attorneys, Civil Division

Commercial Litigation Branch

Post Office Box 261

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

Telephone: (202) 305-2073

Facsimile: (202) 307-5788

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

ex rel. DEBORAH IMIG, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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JOGINDER SONI, M.D., )

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Defendants. )

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1:09-cv-00141-OWW-GSA

ORDER REGARDING

THE UNITED STATES’ NOTICE 

OF ELECTION TO DECLINE

INTERVENTION 

[FILED UNDER SEAL]

The United States having declined to intervene in this

action pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C.

§3730(b)(4)(B), the Court rules as follows:

IT IS ORDERED that,

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1. The complaint be unsealed and served upon the defendant

by the relator;

2. All other contents of the Court’s file in this action

remain under seal and not be made public or served upon the 

defendants, except for this Order and the United States’ Notice

of Election to Decline Intervention, which the relator will serve

upon the defendant only after service of the complaint;

3. The seal be lifted as to all other matters occurring in

this action after the date of this Order;

4. The parties shall serve all pleadings and motions filed

in this action, including supporting memoranda, upon the United

States, as provided for in 31 U.S.C. §3730(c)(3). The United

States may order any deposition transcripts and is entitled to

intervene in this action, for good cause, at any time;

5. The parties shall serve all notices of appeal upon the

United States;

6. All Orders of this Court shall be sent to the United

States; and

7. Should the relator or the defendant propose that this

action be dismissed, settled, or otherwise discontinued, the

Court will provide the United States with notice and an

opportunity to be heard before ruling or granting its approval. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 9, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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