IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY NEW ARK DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and ) 

The States of CALIFORNIA, DELAWARE, ) 

FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAW All, 

ILLINOIS, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, 

MICHIGAN, NEVADA, NEW 

HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, 

NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK 

OKLAHOMA, RHODE ISLAND 

TENNESSEE, TEXAS, WISCONSIN 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF 

MASSACHUSETTS, THE 

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, 

and THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 

ex ref. DELE OBAITAN, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

PRICARA, a unit of 

OR THO-MCNEIL, a division of 

OR THO-MCNEIL JANSSEN 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 

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Civi!ActionNo. I0-6774R E C E I V E D 

FILED UNDER SEAL 

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AT 8:30 

WILLIAM T. WALSH M 

CLERK 

Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. §3730(b)(2) 

THE PLAINTIFF STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION 

AND CONSENT TO VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJlJDICE 

Pursuant to their respective state statutes, the States of California, Delaware, Florida, 

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Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, 

Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia ("the States") notify the Court of their 

STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION 

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decisions to not intervene in this Action. Relator filed this action under the Federal False Claims 

Act and similar statues existing in 21 states and the District of Columbia. The States have asked 

undersigned counsel for the Sta~e of New Jersey to inform the Court that they have decided not 

to intervene in this action. 

The State of Texas has previously filed a Notice of Non-Intervention in this matter 

pursuant to the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, chapter 36 of the Texas Human Resources 

Code {"TMFP A"). This Notice was filed in August 2011. 

In the event the Relator files a Motion for Voluntary Dismissal without Prejudice, the 

States, (with the exception of the Commonwealth of Virginia), 1 and the State of Texas hereby 

consent to said voluntary dismissal, and request all motions to that effect and Orders or rulings 

by the Court be sent to them by Relator's counsel. 

The States and the State of Texas request that Relator's counsel serve all complaints, 

notices of appeal, Orders of this Court, and supporting memoranda on them. 

The States and the State ofTexas request that the Plaintiff States' Notice of Election to 

Decline Intervention and Consent to Voluntary Dismissal without Prejudice be unsealed to the 

public, along with the Court's Order on this Declination, and the prior Texas Notice of NonIntervention filed in August 2011 upon unsealing of the complaint by Court Order .. 

The Plaintiff States reserve their right to order any deposition transcripts, and to move to 

intervene in this action, for good cause, at a later date. 

1 Pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-216.5(A), Relator Obaitan must obtain the Commonwealth of Virginia's 

separate, written consent prior to voluntary dismissal in this matter. 

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A proposed order accompanies this notice. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

Assis nt Attorney General 

te fNew Jersey 

Me icaid Fraud Control Unit 

Office of the Attorney General 

25 Market Street 

PO Box 0094 

Trenton, NJ 08625-0094 

lichtblauj@njdcj .org 

ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE OF 

NEW JERSEY and filing at the 

request of the States of California, 

Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, 

Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, 

Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, 

New Jersey, New Mexico, New 

York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, 

Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, the 

Commonwealths of Massachusetts 

and Virginia, and the District of 

Columbia. 

tHE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

BY:/s/ Adelina 0. Berumen 

ADELINA 0. BERUMEN 

Deputy Attorney General 

Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder 

Abuse 

California Department of Justice 

1455 Frazee Road, Suite 315 

San Diego, CA 92108 

adelina. berumen@doj .ca.gov 

STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION 

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THE STATE OF DELAWARE 

BY: /s/ Tiphanie P. Miller 

TIPHANIE P. MILL~R 

Delaware State Bar Number: 5212 

State of Delaware 

State of Delaware Department of 

Justice 

900 North King Street, 4th Floor 

Wilmington, DE 19801 

Tel. (302) 577-4208 

Fax: (302) 577-3090 

Tiphanie.Miller@state.de.us 

THE STATE OF FLORIDA 

BY: Is/ Kathleen Von Hoene 

KATHLEEN VON HOENE 

Bureau Chief 

MFCU- Complex Civil Enforcement 

Bureau 

Office of the Attorney General 

PL-0 1, The Capitol 

Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 

850-414-3600 

kathleen. vonhoene@myfloridalegal.com 

THE STATE OF GEORGIA 

SAMUEL S. OLENS 

GEORGIA ATTORNEY 

GENERAL 

BY:/s/ Kevin D. Bradberry 

KEVIN D. BRADBERRY 

Ga. Bar No. 532880 

Assistant Attorney General 

200 Piedmont Ave, S.E. 

West Tower, 19th Floor 

Atlanta, Georgia 30334 

Telephone: ( 404) 656-7307 

Facsimile: ( 404) 656-7441 

kbradberry@law.ga.gov 

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THE STATE OF HAWAI'I 

BY: Is/ Michael L. Parrish 

MICHAEL L. PARRISH 

MFCU Director 

State of Hawai'i 

Department of the Attorney General 

333 Queen St. lOth Floor 

Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 

Michael.L.Parrish@hawaii.gov 

THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 

BY: Is/ Frederick H. Crystal 

FREDERICK H. CRYSTAL 

Bureau Chief, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 

Office of the Illinois Attorney General 

Attorney General Lisa M. Madigan 

100 W. Randolph St., 13th Floor 

Chicago, Illinois, 60601 

312-814-1624 Office 

312-520-8449 Cell 

312-814-5366 Fax 

FCrystal@atg.state.il. us 

THE STATE OF INDIANA 

BY: /s/ Steven Hunt 

STEVEN HUNT 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 

8005 Castleway Drive 

Indianapolis, Indiana 46250 

(317) 915-5320 

(317) 232-6523 Fax 

Steven.Hunt@atg.in.gov 

THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 

BY: Is/ Nicholas J. Diez 

NICHOLAS J. DIEZ 

La. Bar #31701 

STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION 

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Assistant Attorney General 

Louisiana Department of Justice 

1885 N. Third St. 

Baton Rouge,· LA 70802 

DiezN @ag.state.la. us 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF 

MASSACHUSETTS 

BY: Is/ Steven L. Hoffman 

STEVEN L. HOFFMAN 

BBO # 237280 

Assistant Attorney General 

Medicaid Fraud Division 

One Ashburton Place 

Boston, MA 02108 

(617) 963-2389 

steven.hoffman@state.ma. us 

THE STATE OF MICHIGAN 

BY: Is/ Deborah Hamer 

DEBORAH HARPER 

Assistant Attorney General 

State Of Michigan 

Health Care Fraud Division 

Ph: 517.241.6500 

Fax: 517.241.6515 

HarperD3@michigan.gov 

THE STATE OF NEVADA 

CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

BY: Is/ Mark Kemberling 

MARK KEMBERLING 

Nevada State Bar No. 5388 

Chief Deputy Attorney General 

Office of the Attorney General 

55 5 East Washington A venue, 

Suite 3900 

Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-1068 

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P: (702) 486-3111 

mkemberling@ag.nv .gov 

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 

BY: Is/ Karin M. Eckel 

KARIN M. ECKEL, Bar No. 16835 

Assistant Attorney General 

Director, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 

Office of the Attorney General , 

33 Capitol Street 

Concord, NH 03301 

603.271.1256 

Karin.eckel@doj .nh.gov 

THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 

BY: Is/Patricia Padrino Tucker 

PATRICIA PADRINO TUCKER 

New Mexico State Bar No. 16890 

Deputy Director 

Medicaid Fraud & Elder Abuse 

Division 

Office of the State Attorney General 

Ill Lomas Blvd. NW, Suite 300 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 

P: (505) 222-9000 

ptucker@nmag.gov 

THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN 

Attorney General of the State of New York 

BY: Is/ Andrew Gropper 

ANDREW GROPPER 

Special Assistant Attorney General 

Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 

120 Broadway- 13th Floor 

New York, New York 10271-0007 

(212) 417-5395 

Andrew. Gropper@ag.ny.gov 

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THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA 

BY: Is/ Christopher P. Robinson 

CHRISTOPHER P. ROBINSON 

Oklahoma State Bar No. 31204 

Assistant Attorney General 

Oklahoma Office of the Attorney 

General 

313 NE 21st Street 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 

Christopher.Robinson@oag.ok.gov 

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND 

PETER F. KILMARTIN 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

By: Is/ James F. Dube 

JAMES F. DUBE, # 4381 

Assistant Attorney General 

150 South Main Street 

Providence, RI 02903 

(401) 274-4400 

E-mail: JDube@riag.ri.gov 

THE STATE OF TENNESSEE 

By: /s/ Mary Elizabeth McCullohs 

MARY ELIZABETH MCCULLOHS 

(BPR #026467) 

Assistant Attorney General 

Tennessee Attorney General's Office 

425 Fifth Avenue North 

Nashville, Tennessee 37243-3400 

615-741-8126 

mary.mccullohs@ag. tn.gov 

THE STATE OF TEXAS 

GREG ABBOTT 

Attorney General of Texas 

DANIEL HODGE 

STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION 

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First Assistant Attorney General 

JOHN SCOTT 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

RAYMOND C. WINTER 

Chief, Civil Medicaid Fraud 

Division 

BY: /s/ Mark Coffee 

MARK COFFEE 

Assistant Attorney General 

SBN 04483500 

Office of the Attorney General 

Civil Medicaid Fraud Division 

POB 12548 

Austin, Texas 78711-2548 

(512) 936-0260 Telephone 

(512) 542-4275 Cell 

mark.coffee@texasattorneygene'ral.gov 

ATTORNEYS FOR THE STATE 

· OFTEXAS 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 

BY: /s/ Elizabeth L. Fitzgerald 

ELIZABETH L. FITZGERALD 

Virginia State Bar No.: 75479 

·Virginia Attorney General's Office 

Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 

900 E. Main St. 

Richmond, VA 23230 

Phone: (804) 786-6547 

efitzgerald@oag.state. va. us 

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN 

BY: /s/ Katie M. Wilson 

KATIEM. WILSON 

WI Bar# 1074344 

Wis·consin Department of Justice 

Assistant Attorney General 

Division of Legal Services 

wilsonkm@doj.state.wi.us 

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Phone: 608-261-8116 

Fax: 608-261-7991 

17 W. Main Street 

P.O. Box 7857 

Madison, WI 53 707-7857 

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

IRVIN B. NATHAN 

Attorney General for the District of 

Columbia 

BY: /s/ Jane Drummey 

JANE DRUMMEY 

Assistant Attorney General 

D.C. Bar No. 441172 

441 4th Street, N.W. Suite 630 S 

Washington, D.C. 20001 

(202) 727-2658 

, jane.drummey@dc.gov 

Attorneys for the District of 

Columbia 

STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that this document with any attachments will be served on the parties 

listed above, as well as relator's counsel and the United States Attorney's Office representative 

listed below, via United States mail service. 

Dated: October 2, 2014. 

David Dauenheimer 

Assistant United States Attorney 

970 Broad Street, Suite 700 

Newark, New Jersey 07102 

Tel: 973-645-2925 

Fax: 973-297-2010 

E-mail: David.dauenheimer2@usdoj .gov 

Stone & Magnanini, LLP 

Counsel for the Relator 

150 JFK Parkway, 4th Floor 

Short Hills, NJ 07078 

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