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JOINT NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

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BRIAN TAUGHER, P.C. 

980 9TH STREET, SUITE 1900 

SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 

916-447-9151 

Brian Taugher, P.C.

Brian Taugher (CA Bar No. 54671) 

980 9th Street, Suite 1900 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Phone: 916.447-9151 

Facsimile: 916.447-9161 

Attorneys for Qui Tam Plaintiff Richard C. Haseltine

PETER D. KEISLER 

Assistant Attorney General 

McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

KRISTIN S. DOOR 

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, 10th Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2723 

Fax: (916) 554-2900 

MICHAEL F. HERTZ 

MICHAEL GRANSTON 

MICHAL TINGLE 

Department of Justice 

Civil Division 

Commercial Litigation Branch 

P. O. Box 261 

Benjamin Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Telephone: (202) 307-1381 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. 

RICHARD C. HASELTINE, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, ALAMEDA 

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CASE NO.: CIV S-04-2575 LKK/DAD 

ORDER OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

 

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BRIAN TAUGHER, P.C. 

980 9TH STREET, SUITE 1900 

SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 

916-447-9151 

COUNTY, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, 

KERN COUNTY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 

ORANGE COUNTY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, SAN 

BERNARDINO COUNTY, SAN DIEGO 

COUNTY, SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, 

VENTURA COUNTY, YOLO COUNTY, JOY 

ADOLESCENT TREATMENT CENTER, 

RODERICK REED, JILL REED, RALPH 

WHITE, and Does 1-100 

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 The United States and Relator having submitted their Joint Notice of Voluntary 

Dismissal of this action pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 41(a) and 31 U.S.C. § 

3730(b)(1), 

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. All claims in this action are dismissed without prejudice to Relator Richard C. 

Haseltine; 

 2. All claims in this action are dismissed without prejudice to the United States; 

 3. The complaint and amended complaint shall be unsealed; 

 4. All other contents of the Court's file in this action shall remain under seal and not be 

made public, except for this Order; the United States of America's and Relator's Joint Notice of 

Voluntary Dismissal of this Action; and the United States of America's Notice of Election to 

Decline Intervention and Order thereon. 

 5. The seal shall be lifted as to all matters occurring in this action after the date of this 

order. 

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BRIAN TAUGHER, P.C. 

980 9TH STREET, SUITE 1900 

SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 

916-447-9151 

 6. Relator and the United States of America shall bear their own costs and attorney 

fees. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 8, 2006. ___________________________ 

 LAWRENCE K. KARLTON 

 Senior U.S. District Judge 

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