United States of America v. ABT Associates, Inc. et al

Filing 35

Judge Indira Talwani: ORDER REGARDING PROPOSED DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS AGAINST DEFENDANT RTI INTERNATIONAL. (MacDonald, Gail)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
EX REL. NICHOLAS PICCIRILLO,
Relator,
v.
ABT ASSOCIATES, INC. and RTI
INTERNATIONAL,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 12-12130-IT

ORDER REGARDING PROPOSED DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS
AGAINST DEFENDANT RTI INTERNATIONAL
March 13, 2015
TALWANI, D.J.
On September 29, 2014, the United States filed a Notice of Election to Decline to
Intervene [#22]. On March 6, 2015, Plaintiff-Relator Nicholas Piccirillo filed a Motion for
Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant RTI International (Assented To) [#29]. Under 31 U.S.C.
§ 3730(b), the court may dismiss Plaintiff-Relator’s claims for violation of the False Claims Act
(“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq., “only if the court and the Attorney General give written
consent to the dismissal and their reasons for consenting.” On March 12, 2015, the United States
filed a Notice of Consent to Relator’s Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant RTI International [#33],
which notified the court of the United States’s consent to dismissal but did not state in writing
the reasons for consenting.
Accordingly, the court hereby orders the United States to file a statement notifying the
court of the United States’s reasons for consenting to the dismissal of Plaintiff-Relator’s claims

against Defendant RTI International.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
March 13, 2015

/s/ Indira Talwani
United States District Judge

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