Parker v. Community Carepartners, Inc.

Filing 19

ORDER re 18 Government's JOINT NOTICE. The Complaint be unsealed and served upon the defendant by the relator; all other contents of the Court's file in this action remain under seal and not be made public or ser ved upon the defendant, except for this Order and the Government's Notice of Election to Decline Intervention, which the relator will serve upon the defendant only after service of the Complaint; the seal is LIFTED as to all other matters occurring in this action after the date of this Order. See order for further details . Signed by District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr on 6/6/2016. (nvc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
DOCKET NO. 1:14-cv-00006-MOC *SEALED*
MEGAN PARKER,

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Plaintiff,
Vs.
COMMUNITY CAREPARTNERS, INC.,
Defendant.

ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the court on the government’s Joint Notice of Election to
Decline Intervention. Having considered the government’s Joint Notice of Election to Decline
Intervention and reviewed the pleadings, the court enters the following Order.
ORDER
It appearing that the United States and the State of North Carolina having declined to
intervene in this action pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(4)(B), and the
North Carolina False Claims Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-605 et seq., IT IS, THEREFORE,
ORDERED that:
1.

the Complaint be unsealed and served upon the defendant 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 defendant, except for this Order and the
Government's Notice of Election to Decline Intervention, which the relator will
serve upon the defendant only after service of the Complaint;

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3.

the seal is 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 the State of North Carolina, as
provided for in 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(3) and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-609(f). The
United States and the State of North Carolina may order any deposition transcripts
and is 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 the State of
North Carolina;

6.

all orders of this Court shall be sent to the United States and the State of North
Carolina; and

7.

should the relator or the defendant propose that this action be dismissed, settled,
or otherwise discontinued, the parties shall obtain or the Court will solicit the
written consent of the United States and the State of North Carolina before ruling
or granting its approval.

Signed: June 6, 2016

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