GRANT et al v. NAVICENT HEALTH INC et al

Filing 17

ORDER granting 16 Motion to Unseal Case Ordered by US DISTRICT JUDGE TILMAN E SELF, III on 10/26/2021 (tam)

UNITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the
STATE OF GEORGIA ex rel. MICHELLE
GRANT,
Plaintiffs,

FILED UNDER SEAL

v.

Case No. 5:20-CV-57-TES

NA VICENT HEAL TH, INC.; THE MEDICAL
CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA, INC.;
ATRIUM HEAL TH, INC.; AND NA VICENT
HEALTH PHYSICIAN GROUP,
Defendants.

ORDER
The United States of America and the State of Georgia having declined to intervene in this
action pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U .S.C. 3730(b )(4)(B), and the Georgia False Medicaid
Claims Act, O.C.G.A. § 49-4-168.2(c)(4)(B), the Court rules as follows:
IT IS ORDERED that:
1. The complaint be unsealed and served upon the defendants by the relator;
2. All other contents of the Court's file in this action remain under seal and not be made
public or served upon the defendants, except for this Order, the United States and State
of Georgia's Notice of Election to Decline Intervention, which the relator will serve
upon the defendants only after service of the complaint;

3. The seal be lifted as to all other matters occurring in this action after the date of this
Order;
4. The parties shall serve all pleadings and motions filed in this action, including
supporting memoranda, upon the United States and State of Georgia, as provided for
in 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(3) and O.C.G.A. § 49-4-168.2(1). The United States and State
of Georgia may order any deposition transcripts and are entitled to intervene in this
action, for good cause, at any time;
5. The parties shall serve all notices of appeal upon the United States and State of Georgia;
6. All orders of this Court shall be sent to the United States and State of Georgia; and
7. Should the relator or defendants propose that this action be dismissed, settled, or
otherwise discontinued, the Court will solicit the written consent of the United States
and State of Georgia before ruling or granting its approval.

SOORDERED,this'li.dayof

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TILMAN E. SELF, III
U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA