Geisinger v. Piedmont Pathology Associates, Inc. et al

Filing 24

ORDER granting 23 CONSENT MOTION to Unseal Documents by United States of America. See order for further details . Signed by Magistrate Judge David Keesler on 2/9/2017. (nvc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:14-CV-121-RLV-DCK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel.
KIM R. GEISINGER, MD,
Plaintiffs-Relator,
v.
PIEDMONT PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES,
INC., and PIEDMONT PATHOLOGY, PC,
Defendants.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE COURT on the “Consent Motion Of The United
States For Unsealing Of Relator’s Complaint And Establishment Of Time For Government To File
Complaint In Intervention” (Document No. 23) filed February 8, 2017. This motion has been
referred to the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), and immediate
review is appropriate. Having carefully considered the motion, the record, and noting consent of
Relator’s counsel, the undersigned will grant the motion.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the “Consent Motion Of The United States For
Unsealing Of Relator’s Complaint And Establishment Of Time For Government To File
Complaint In Intervention” (Document No. 23) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the qui tam Complaint (Document No. 1) and “The
Government’s Notice Of Election To Intervene In Part And To Decline To Intervene in Part”
(Document No. 22) be unsealed.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that United States shall have up to and including March
24, 2017 to file its Complaint, and the Relators shall have up to and including March 24, 2017 to
serve Defendants with their Complaint.

SO ORDERED.
Signed: February 9, 2017

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