United States of America et al v. Bluewave Healthcare Consultants Inc et al

Filing 433

ORDER AND OPINION granting 422 Motion to Compel. The Court hereby imposes a limit of one-hundred (100) interrogatories which is more appropriate under the circumstances. BlueWave, Dent, and Johnson are therefore ordered to respond to the Government's second set of interrogatories. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed by Honorable Richard M Gergel on 4/28/2017.(sshe, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA

CHARLESTON DIVISION

United States of America, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

ex rei. Scarlett Lutz, et al.,
P laintiffs-Relators,
v.
Berkeley Heartlab, Inc., et ai.,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 9: 14-cv-00230-RMG
(Consolidated with 9: ll-cv-1593-RMG and
9: 15-cv-2458-RMG)

ORDER and OPINION

This matter is before the Court on the Government's motion to compel defendants
BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc. (HBlueWave"), Floyd Calhoun Dent, III, and Robert
Bradford Johnson to answer the United States' Second Set oflnterrogatories. (Dkt. No. 422.) The
United States and the defendants previously agreed that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33 applies to
interrogatories to parties. (Dkt. No. 123.) Rule 33 provides that a party may serve on any other party
no more than twenty-five (25) written interrogatories. BlueWave, Dent, and Johnson have refused to
answer the Government's second set of interrogatories, arguing that the Government has exceeded
the twenty-five (25) interrogatories allowed by Rule 33.
Complex litigation matters such as this one often call for more than the twenty-five (25)
interrogatories permitted under Rule 33. For this reason, the Court hereby imposes a limit of onehundred (100) interrogatories which is more appropriate under the circumstances. BlueWave, Dent,
and Johnson are therefore ordered to respond to the Government's second set of interrogatories.

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AND IT IS SO ORDERED.

United States District Court Judge

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April
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Charleston, South Carolina