UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel, et al., v. ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., et al.,

Filing 70

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE UNSEALED: THE COURT ORDER OF 9/19/2005 GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF THE SEAL [#3]; THE COURT ORDER OF 3/14/2006 RE-ASSIGNING THIS CASE [#5]; THE COURT ORDER OF 9/15/2006, RELATING TO THE SEAL [#6]; TH E STATE OF MONTANA'S NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION [#9]; THE COURT ORDER OF 11/15/2010, PERMITTING LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF COMPLAINTS TO THE RELATORS [#11]; THE PRO HAC VICE APPLICATIONS AND RELATED ORDERS FILED AND ENTERED IN JANUARY AND MARCH 2011 [#S 13,14,15,16,17 AND 18]; AND THE COURT ORDER OF 1/13/2012, WHICH PERMITTED THE LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF THE COMPLAINTS TO DEFENDANT ENDO. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS REMAIN UNDER SEAL: THE FIRST MOTION FILED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON 9/15/2005, FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE SEAL AND AN EXTENSION OF THE EVALUATOR PERIOD [#2]; THE UNOPPOSED MOTION FILED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON 3/13/2006, FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE SEAL, AND TO PLACE THE MATTER IN CIVIL SUSPENSE [#4]; THE EX P ARTE APPLICATION FOR LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF THE COMPLAINT FILED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON 11/15/2010 [#10]; THE EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF THE COMPLAINT FILED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON 11/29/2010 [#19]; AND ANY AND ALL OTHER EX PARTE SUBMISSIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THIS COURT. SIGNED BY HONORABLE ROBERT F. KELLY ON 10/22/2014. 10/22/2014 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO DHILLON AND E-MAILED.(sg, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,
ex rel. PEGGY RYAN,
Plaintiff,
v.
ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
Defendant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,
ex rel. MAX H. WEATHERSBY,
Plaintiff,
v.
ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
Defendant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,
ex rel. GURSHEEL S. DHILLON,
Plaintiff,
v.
ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION

No. 05-3450

No. 10-2039

No. 11-7767

ORDER
AND NOW, this 22nd

day of October, 2014, upon consideration of Relator Gursheel

S. Dhillon’s (“Dhillon”), pro se “Expedited Motion for Court Order to Allow in Camera Review
of Court Record” (Doc. No. 62), and the Response in Opposition co-filed by Relators Peggy

Ryan and Max Weathersby, and the Response in Opposition filed by the United States of
America, it is hereby ORDERED that the following documents are UNSEALED: 1
1. The Court Order of September 19, 2005, granting an extension of the seal (Doc. 3);
2. The Court Order of March 14, 2006, re-assigning this case (Doc. 5);
3. The Court Order of September 15, 2006, relating to the seal (Doc. 6);
4. The State of Montana’s Notice of Election to Decline Intervention (Doc. 9);
5. The Court Order of November 15, 2010, permitting limited disclosure of complaints to
the Relators (Doc. 11);
6. The Pro Hac Vice applications and related Orders filed and entered in January and March
2011 (Docs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18); and
7. The Court Order of January 13, 2012, which permitted the limited disclosure of the
complaints to Defendant Endo.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following remain documents under SEAL:
1. The first Motion filed by the Government on September 15, 2005, for an extension of the
seal and an extension of the evaluator period (Doc. 2);
2. The unopposed Motion filed by the Government on March 13, 2006, for an extension of
the seal, and to place the matter in civil suspense (Doc. 4);
3. The ex parte application for limited disclosure of the complaint filed by the Government
on November 15, 2010 (Doc. 10);
4.

The ex parte application for limited disclosure of the complaint filed by the Government
on November 29, 2010 (Doc. 19); and

5. Any and all other ex parte submissions and correspondence of the Government to this
Court.
BY THE COURT:

/s/ Robert F. Kelly
ROBERT F. KELLY
SENIOR JUDGE
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We note that all document numbers relate solely to 05-cv-3450.

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