Opinion
2:19-cv-01079 MCE EFB
09-27-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. DONALD CLOYCE WAGDA, Plaintiff, v. RABOBANK, N.A., and DOES 1-50, Defendants.
PHILLIP A. TALBERT Acting United States Attorney COLLEEN M. KENNEDY Assistant United States Attorney Office of the United States Attorney BRIAN BOYNTON Acting Assistant Attorney General JAMIE ANN YAVELBERG SARA McLEAN WILLIAM C. EDGAR Attorneys, Civil Division United States Department of Justice Attorneys for the United States
PHILLIP A. TALBERT Acting United States Attorney COLLEEN M. KENNEDY Assistant United States Attorney Office of the United States Attorney BRIAN BOYNTON Acting Assistant Attorney General JAMIE ANN YAVELBERG SARA McLEAN WILLIAM C. EDGAR Attorneys, Civil Division United States Department of Justice Attorneys for the United States
ORDER RE NOTICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF ELECTION OF DECLINE INTERVENTION
MORRISON C. ENGLAND SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The United States having notified the Court of its decision not to intervene in this action, the Court hereby orders as follows:
(1) Relator may maintain the action in the name of the United States; providing, however, that the action may be dismissed only if the Court and the Attorney General give written consent to the dismissal and their reasons for consenting;
(2) In the event that should either the relator or the defendants propose that this action be dismissed, settled, or otherwise discontinued, this Court provide the United States with notice and an opportunity to be heard before ruling or granting its approval;
(3) All pleadings filed and orders issued by the Court in this action shall be served upon the United States;
(4) The United States shall reserve its right to order any deposition transcripts, to intervene in this action, for good cause, at a later date, and to seek the dismissal of the relator's action or claim; and
(5) The United States shall be served with all notices of appeal.
The relator's Complaint, the Notice of Declination, and this Order shall be unsealed. All other papers on file in this action shall remain under seal. IT IS SO ORDERED.