USA v. Pongnorsing et al
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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR A FINAL ORDER OF CONTINUING GARNISHMENT signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 8/15/17. The Court hereby ORDERS, ADJUDGES and DECREES as follows: Defendants Suwonnee Pongnorsing and Westside Plaza Pharmacy aka West Modesto Pharmacy's (the Defendants) Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid drug reimbursements are GARNISHED. The United States is ENTITLED to recover the ten percent (10%) litigation surcharge authorized under 28 U.S.C. § 3011(a) in addition to the unpaid $175,329.64 judgment balance. (Becknal, R)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Plaintiff,
v.
SUWONNEE PONGNORSING; AND
WESTSIDE PLAZA PHARMACY aka
WEST MODESTO PHARMACY,
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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR
A FINAL ORDER OF CONTINUING
GARNISHMENT (MEDICARE, TRICARE
OR MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT
BENEFITS)
Defendant and Judgment Debtors,
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Case No.: 2:17-mc-0061-MCE-CKD
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HUMANA PHARMACY SOLUTIONS,
INC.,
Garnishee.
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Pending before the Court is the United States’ unopposed application for a final order of
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continuing garnishment (the Application) garnishing the reimbursement payments defendants Suwonnee
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Pongnorsing and Westside Plaza Pharmacy aka West Modesto Pharmacy receive from garnishee, Humana
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Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. (Humana), for prescription drug claims. The Application seeks the total amount
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of $192,862.60, representing the $175,329.64 judgment balance plus a $17,532.96 litigation surcharge.
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Interest continues to accrue on the judgment. The Court, finding good cause therefrom, hereby GRANTS
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the Application.
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Garnishment Order
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ACCORDINGLY, the Court hereby ORDERS, ADJUDGES and DECREES as follows:
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Defendants Suwonnee Pongnorsing and Westside Plaza Pharmacy aka West Modesto
Pharmacy’s (the Defendants) Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid drug reimbursements are GARNISHED.
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The United States is ENTITLED to recover the ten percent (10%) litigation surcharge
authorized under 28 U.S.C. § 3011(a) in addition to the unpaid $175,329.64 judgment balance.
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Garnishee Humana shall LIQUIDATE, PAY and DELIVER, within twenty (20) days of
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the date this Order is filed, a cashier’s check or money order to the U.S. Department of Justice in the
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amount of the prescription drug reimbursements and any other property it is holding from April 25, 2017,
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the date Humana acknowledged receipt of the United States’ writ of garnishment, through the filing date
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of this order.
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Thereafter, the Garnishee shall DELIVER to the U.S. Department of Justice monthly
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payments of any prescription drug, or other reimbursements to which Defendants are entitled until the
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later of: the judgment debt, accrued interest thereon and litigation surcharge being paid in full; the date
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Garnishee no longer pays Defendants any prescription drug, or other reimbursements; or further order of
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this Court. The Garnishee shall NOTIFY Michelle Lecroy of the United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern
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District of California, Financial Litigation Unit, 501 I Street, Suite 10-100, Sacramento, CA 95831
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(telephone 916-554-2933) if Garnishee determines the Defendants’ monthly reimbursement payments, or
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their eligibility for reimbursement payments, ceases.
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The Garnishee shall MAKE the payments ordered above payable to the “U.S. Department
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of Justice” and deliver the payments to the U.S. Department of Justice, Nationwide Central Intake
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Facility, P.O. Box 790363, St. Louis, MO, 63179-0363. The Garnishee shall also state the following
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number on the payment instrument: CDCS No. 2014A05612; and, if it desires a payment receipt, shall
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include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with the payment.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 15, 2017
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Garnishment Order
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