Case 2:16-cv-08697-MWF-SS Document 79 Filed 02/15/17 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #:1150

1 CHAD A. READLER
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2 EILEEN M. DECKER CLERK, U.S. ~?~~~~CT_CQt1RT
United States Attorney
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DAVID K. BARRETT
4 LINDA A. KONTOS
CENTRAL DIS7kiC~f F' CALfFOWNIR
JOHN E. LEE(CBN 128696) BY UEPU7Y
5 Assistant United States Attorneys
300 N. Los Angeles Street, Room 7516
6 Los Angeles, California 90012
Tel: (_213) 894-3995; Fax:(213)894-2380
7 Email: john.lee2 usdoj.gov
MICHAEL D. GRANS~ON
8 DANIEL R. ANDERSON
JUSTIN DRAYCOTT
9 j CAROL L. WALLACK
JESSICA KRIEG
10 Attorneys, Civil Division
United States De artment of Justice
11 P.O. Box ~61, Ben Franklin Station -
Washington, D.C. 20044
12 Tel:(20Z)307-0486; Fax:(2~02) 307-3852
E-mail: carol.wallack@usdoj.gov
13 JAMES P. KENNEDY,JR.
Acting United States Attorney
14 KATHLEEN ANN LYNCH
Assistant United States Attorney
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138 Delaware Avenue
16 Buffalo, New York 14201
Tel:(716)843-5830; Fax:(716)551-3052
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CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division
2 EILEEN M. DECKER
United States Attorne
3 DOROTHY A. SCH~UTEN
DAVID K. BARRETT
4 LINDA A. KONTOS
JOHN E. LEE(CBN 128696)
5 Assistant United States Attorneys
300 N. Los An eles Street, Room 7516
6 Los Angeles, California 90012
Tel: (213)894-3995; Fax:(213)894-2380
7 Email:john.lee2 usdoj.gov
MICHAEL D. GRANS~ON
8 DANIEL R. ANDERSON
JUSTIN DRAYCOTT
9 CAROL L. WALLACK
JESSICA KRIEG
10 Attorneys, Civil Division
United States Department of Justice
11 P.O. Box 261, Ben Franklin Station
Washin ton, D.C. 20044
12 Tel: (20~) 307-0486; Fax:(202)307-3852
E-mail: carol.wallack@usdoj.gov
13 JAMES P. KENNEDY,JR.
Acting United States Attorney
14 KATHLEEN ANN LYNCH
Assistant United States Attorney
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138 Delaware Avenue
16 Buffal ,New York 14201
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CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division
EILEEN M.DECKER
United States Attorney
DOROTHY A. SCHUUTEN
DAVID K. BARRETT
LINDA A. KONTOS
JOHN E. LEE(CBN 128696)
Assistant United States Attorneys
300 N. Los An~geles Street, Room 7516
Los Angeles, California 90012
Tel: 213)894-3995; Fax:(213)894-2380
Emai~: john.lee2 usdoj.gov
MICHAEL D. GRANS~ON
DANIEL R. ANDERSON
JUSTIN DRAYCOTT
CAROL L. WALLACK
JESSICA KRIEG
10 Attorneys, Civil Division
United States De artment of Justice
11 P.O. Box ~61, Ben Franklin Station
Washin ton, D.C. 20044
12 Tel:(20~) 307-0486; Fax:(2~02) 307-3852
E-mail: carol.wallack@usdoj.gov
13 JAMES P. KENNEDY,JR.
Acting United States Attorney
14 KATHLEEN ANN LYNCH
Assistant United States Attorney
15 (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
138 Delaware Avenue
16 Buffalo, New York 14201
Tel: (716)843-5830; Fax:(716)551-3052
17 E-mail kathleen.lynch@usdoj.gov
Attorneys for the United States of America
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex No. CV 16-08697 MWF(SSx)
22 rel. BENJAMIN POEHLING,
fPROPOSEDI ORDER ON NOTICE OF
23 Plaintiffs, ELECTION F THE UNITED STATES
TO INTERVENE IN PART AND
24 v. DECLINE TO INTERVENE IN PART
AND STIPULATION RE UNSEALING
25 LTNITEDHEALTH GROUP,INC, et al.,
[LODGED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT
26 Defendants. TO THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT,31
U.S.C. 3730(b)(2) AND (3)]
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[FILED CONNCURRENTLY
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1 The United States having intervened in part and declined to intervene in part in the
2 above-captioned action ("this action") pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C.
3 3730(b)(4), and the United States and qui tam plaintiff Benjamin Poehling ("Relator")
4 having stipulated to the unsealing of certain documents, the Court now orders as follows:
5 IT IS ORDERED that:
6 1. The Relator's First Amended Complaint, the United States' Notice of
7 ~ Election of Intervention, and this Order shall be unsealed.
8 2. All other papers filed or lodged in this matter shall remain under seal.
9 3. The seal shall be lifted on all matters occurring in this action after the date
10 of this Order.
11 4. The United States shall file and serve its Complaint in Intervention upon
12 Defendants UnitedHealth Group, Inc. and We11Med Medical Management, Inc., together
13 with this Order, within 90 days of the filing ofthis Order.
14 5. The Relator shall file and serve a Second Amended Complaint upon
15 Defendants within 90 days of the filing of this Order.
16 6. As to the part of the action in which the United States has declined to
17 intervene, the parties shall serve all pleadings, notices, motions, orders, and other papers
18 hereafter filed in that part of the action, including any supporting memoranda, upon the
19 United States, as provided for in 31 U.S.C. 3730(c)(3). The United States may order
20 any deposition transcripts and is entitled to intervene in that part of the action, for good
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1 7. Should the Relator or the Defendants propose that the part of the action in
2 which the United States has declined to intervene be dismissed, settled, or otherwise
3 discontinued, the Relator and the Defendants shall provide the United States with notice
4 ofthe same and the Court will provide the United States with an opportunity to be heard
5 before the Court rules or grants its approval.
6 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY E-MAIL

2 I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the above-captioned action. I am
3 employed by the Office of United States Attorney, Central District of California. My
4 business address is 300 North Los Angeles Street, Suite 7516, Los Angeles, California
5 90012.
6 On February 14, 2017, I served the [PROPOSED] ORDER ON NOTICE OF
7 ELECTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO INTERVENE IN PART AND DECLINE
8 TO INTERVENE IN PART AND STIPULATION RE UNSEALING on each person or
9 entity named below by e-mail., pursuant to written consent under Federal Rule of Civil
10 Procedure 5(b)(2)(E).
11 Date of e-mailing: February 14, 2017. Place of e-mailing: Los Angeles, California.
12 Persons) and/or Entity(s) to whom e-mailed:
13 Jessica T. Moore
Constantine Cannon
14 150 California St., Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94111
15 jmoore@constantinecannon.corn
16 Timothy McCormack
Constantine Cannon
17 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 1300N
Washington, DC 20004
18 tmccormack@constantinecannon.com
19 Steve Hasegawa
Phillips & Cohen
20 100 the Embarcadero, Suite 300
San Francisco, California 94111
21 shasegawa@pcsf.com
22 I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court at
23 whose direction the service was made.
24 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
25 Executed on February 14, 2017, at eles; California.
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