Case Name: Douglas B. STALLEY, on behalf of the UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. REGENCY HOSPITAL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; Regency Hospital Company, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Regency Hospitals, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-05-23
Citations: 278 F. App'x 705
Docket Number: No. 07-2578
Parties: Douglas B. STALLEY, on behalf of the UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. REGENCY HOSPITAL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; Regency Hospital Company, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Regency Hospitals, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Appellees.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, BRIGHT, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 278
Pages: 705–706

Head Matter:
Douglas B. STALLEY, on behalf of the UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. REGENCY HOSPITAL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; Regency Hospital Company, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Regency Hospitals, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Appellees.
No. 07-2578.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: May 16, 2008.
Filed: May 23, 2008.
Susan N. Estes, Brian David Reddick, Wilkes & McHugh, Little Rock, AR, Kathleen Clark Knight, Wilkes & McHugh, Tampa, FL, for Appellant.
Donald H. Henry, Mitchell & Williams, Little Rock, AR, for Appellees.
Before WOLLMAN, BRIGHT, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.
[UNPUBLISHED]

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Douglas Stalley appeals the district court's dismissal of his action to recover damages allegedly owed to the United States for violations of the Medicare Secondary Payer statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1395y (MSP). This court addressed a similar appeal brought by Stalley in Stalley v. Catholic Health Initiatives, 509 F.3d 517, 519 (8th Cir.2007), and concluded that the suit authorized by the MSP was a "private cause of action, which'requires plaintiff to have standing in his own right, rather than a qui tam statute, which allows plaintiff to assert injury to the United States." The court's dismissal was proper. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.