Esfandiarfard v. Sutter Health

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ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 12/15/17 ORDERING that the State of California has declined to intervene in this action. (Becknal, R)

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XAVIER BECERRA
Attorney General of California
SARALYN M. ANG-OLSON
Senior Assistant Attorney General
VINCENT DICARLO
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
JENNIFER S. GREGORY (SBN 228593)
Deputy Attorney General
Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse
2329 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95833-4252
Telephone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff State of California
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel.,
ROBERTA ESFANDIARFARD,

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Plaintiffs,
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Case No. 2:16-cv-0649 JAM AC
ORDER ON STATE OF CALIFORNIA’S
NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE
INTERVENTION (CALIFORNIA
GOVERNMENT CODE §12652(c)(6)(B))

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SUTTER HEALTH, a California
Corporation,
Defendant.
The State of California (“California”), having declined to intervene in this action, and
pursuant to California’s False Claims Act, the Court rules as follows:

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All contents of the Court’s file in this action shall remain under seal and not be made

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public or served upon Defendant, except for this Order, California’s Notice of Election to Decline

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Intervention, and any election to intervene or decline intervention filed by the United States’, all

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of which Relator shall serve upon Defendant only after the unsealing of this matter and the

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service of the Complaint;

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Should the Relator or Defendant propose that this action be dismissed, settled, or

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otherwise discontinued, the Court will solicit the written consent and approval of California

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before ruling or granting its approval;
[PROPOSED] ORDER ON NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION (CAL. GOV. CODE §12652(c)(6)(B))
Case No. 2:16-cv-0649 JAM AC
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The parties shall serve all pleadings and motions subsequently filed in this action on

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California and California may order any deposition transcripts and is entitled to intervene in the

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action, for good cause shown, at a later date.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: _12/15/2017__________________________
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/s/ John A. Mendez________________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION (CAL. GOV. CODE §12652(c)(6)(B))
Case No. 2:16-cv-0649 JAM AC
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